Analysis of performance of the Muscovy duck was done based on the results of fattening test carried out by the state enterprise the International Poultry Testing Station in Ústrašice. Ducks (300 pcs) were fed to the age of 70 days and drakes to the age of 84 days. The weight of both ducks and drakes on the 1st day was 50.2 g. On the 21st day the ducks weight 595 g and drakes 621 g (126 g difference). At 49 days of age the weight of the ducks was 1 802 g and the weight of the drakes was 2 589 g (902 g difference). At 70 days the weight of ducks was 2 328 g and at 84 days the weight of drakes was 4 424 g. The average daily gain was 37.7 g for ducks and 58.8 g for drakes (20.3 g difference). The feed consumption required for 1 kg gain was 3 120 g for ducks and 2 970 g for drakes (150 g difference). During the test, only 1 duck died at 55th day of the fattening due to the motion apparatus disease. 20 ducks and 20 drakes were selected for slaughter performance test. The percentage of abdominal fat was 2.8% for ducks and 2.1% for drakes. The slaughter yield was 73.8% for ducks and 73.0% for drakes. The carcass weight was found to be 1 918 g for ducks and 3 462 g for drakes (difference 1.544 g, P < 0.001). The weight of breast muscles with skin was 581 g for ducks and 1046 g for drakes (difference 465 g, P < 0.01). The weight of thigh muscle with skin was 359 g in ducks and 654 g in drakes (difference 295 g, P < 0.001).
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:nusl.cz/oai:invenio.nusl.cz:376233 |
| Date | January 2018 |
| Creators | BLÁHOVÁ, Kateřina |
| Source Sets | Czech ETDs |
| Language | Czech |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesis |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess |
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