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Guo B, Dai Z, Chen R, Liu J, Shi Z. Enhancing gosling growth and secretion of somatotrophic and thyrotrophic axis hormones through egg turning during incubation. Br Poult Sci 2023; 64:122-128. [PMID: 36083128 DOI: 10.1080/00071668.2022.2121641] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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1. Growth performance of Yangzhou geese hatched from eggs with turning angles of 50° or 70° was evaluated in association with serum hormones and somatotrophic gene mRNA expression.2. Egg turning at 70° significantly (P< 0.05) increased hatchability, gosling quality and hatching weight. Gosling post-hatch body weight, leg and breast muscle weight in the 70° turning group was significantly heavier until 50 d of age.3. Serum concentrations of GH were significantly higher until 30 d of age in the 70° turning group goslings, and those of IGF-I and T3 were higher from hatching to 50 d of age.4. The mRNA expression of GHRH, pituitary GH, liver and leg muscle IGF-I were all significantly higher at 1 and 30 d of age after hatch, but not at 70 d after hatch, in the 70° turning group.5. Egg turning at 70° during incubation improves embryo and gosling quality and growth performance through up-regulation of gene expression and secretion of somatotrophic axis hormones, GHRH, GH and IGF-I, as well as T3.
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- B Guo
- Key Laboratory of Protected Agriculture Engineering in the Middle and Lower Reaches of Yangtze River, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Institute of Animal Science, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
- Laboratory of Animal Improvement and Reproduction, Institute of Animal Science, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- Key Laboratory of Protected Agriculture Engineering in the Middle and Lower Reaches of Yangtze River, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Institute of Animal Science, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
- Laboratory of Animal Improvement and Reproduction, Institute of Animal Science, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- Key Laboratory of Protected Agriculture Engineering in the Middle and Lower Reaches of Yangtze River, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Institute of Animal Science, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
- Laboratory of Animal Improvement and Reproduction, Institute of Animal Science, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- Key Laboratory of Protected Agriculture Engineering in the Middle and Lower Reaches of Yangtze River, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Institute of Animal Science, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
- Laboratory of Animal Improvement and Reproduction, Institute of Animal Science, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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- Key Laboratory of Protected Agriculture Engineering in the Middle and Lower Reaches of Yangtze River, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Institute of Animal Science, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
- Laboratory of Animal Improvement and Reproduction, Institute of Animal Science, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
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Guo BB, Dai ZC, Ren YH, Zhu HX, Shao XB, Sun AD, Shi ZD. Improvement of goose embryonic and muscular developments by wider angle egg turning during incubation and the regulatory mechanisms. Poult Sci 2021; 100:101477. [PMID: 34695628 PMCID: PMC8554260 DOI: 10.1016/j.psj.2021.101477] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2020] [Revised: 04/15/2021] [Accepted: 09/09/2021] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Egg turning during incubation plays important roles in achieving high hatching performance and gosling quality. The objective of this study was to improve embryonic and muscular developments so to achieve better gosling quality by wider egg turning angles during incubation, and to unravel the associated regulatory molecular mechanisms. In each of three consecutive incubations, 1,728 goose eggs were divided into 3 groups that were set in the same type of commercial incubators with turning angles adjusted differently to 50°, 60°, and 70°, respectively. On average of the 3 tests, incubation with wider 70° turning angle reduced the post-18-day embryo mortality, promoted embryonic growth and development, improved the hatchability and gosling quality. On embryonic day of 29, gene mRNA expression levels of the hypothalamic growth hormone-releasing hormone (GHRH), pituitary growth hormone (GH), and liver insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) were higher in the 70° turning group than in the 50° or 60° groups. Wider angle turning also increased mRNA expression levels of the muscle development regulatory genes such as MYF5, MyoD, Myogenin (MyoG), and MRF4. Changes in expression of the above genes, together with the upregulation of the Pax3 and Pax7 genes in leg muscles, well explained the enhancement of the muscular growth and development when eggs were incubated by wider turning angles. These results also extended our understanding of the impacts and mechanisms of egg turning during incubation on hatching performance and gosling quality.
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- B B Guo
- Laboratory of Animal Improvement and Reproduction, Institute of Animal Science, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing 210014, China
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- Laboratory of Animal Improvement and Reproduction, Institute of Animal Science, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing 210014, China
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- Laboratory of Animal Improvement and Reproduction, Institute of Animal Science, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing 210014, China
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- Laboratory of Animal Improvement and Reproduction, Institute of Animal Science, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing 210014, China
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- Anhui Tianzhijiao Goose Industry Co., Ltd., Chuzhou 239551, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Food Quality and Safety-State Key Laboratory Cultivation Base of Ministry of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210014, China
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- Laboratory of Animal Improvement and Reproduction, Institute of Animal Science, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing 210014, China.
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Guo B, Yan L, Lei M, Dai Z, Shi Z. Wider Angle Egg Turning during Incubation Enhances Yolk Utilization and Promotes Goose Embryo Development. Animals (Basel) 2021; 11:2485. [PMID: 34573451 PMCID: PMC8466811 DOI: 10.3390/ani11092485] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2021] [Revised: 08/21/2021] [Accepted: 08/21/2021] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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We aimed to investigate how wide-angle turning of eggs during incubation affected yolk utilization and the associated molecular mechanism, along with improved goose embryonic development. In total, 1152 eggs (mean weight: 143.33 ± 5.43 g) were divided equally and incubated in two commercial incubators with tray turning angles adjusted differently, to either 50° or 70°. Following incubation under the standard temperature and humidity level, turning eggs by 70° increased embryonic days 22 (E22), embryo mass, gosling weight at hatching, and egg hatchability, but reduced E22 yolk mass compared with those after turning eggs by 50°. Lipidomic analyses of the yolk revealed that egg turning at 70° reduced the concentrations of 17 of 1132 detected total lipids, including diglycerides, triglycerides, and phospholipids. Furthermore, the 70° egg turning upregulated the expression of genes related to lipolysis and fat digestion enzymes, such as lipase, cathepsin B, and prosaposin, as well as apolipoprotein B, apolipoprotein A4, very low-density lipoprotein receptor, low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 2, and thrombospondin receptor, which are genes involved in lipid transportation. Thus, a 70° egg turning angle during incubation enhances yolk utilization through the upregulation of lipolysis and fat digestion-related gene expression, thereby promoting embryonic development and improving egg hatchability and gosling quality.
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- Laboratory of Animal Improvement and Reproduction, Key Laboratory of Protected Agriculture Engineering in the Middle and Lower Reaches of Yangtze River, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Institute of Animal Science, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanjing 210014, China; (B.G.); (L.Y.); (M.L.); (Z.D.)
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