The Influence Of Priming Two Cucumber Cultivar Seeds

J. Duhok Univ. Vol.13, No.1, (Agri. And Vet. Sciences) Pp 49-54, 2010
head, feet and the viscera. Kidney and pelvic fat,
testes and scrotal fat were also removed
(Colomer-Rocher et al., 1987). Hot carcass
weight was recorded. The digestive tract was
removed and weighed, then empted of its
content and washed, drained and weighed.
Empty body weight was computed as the
difference between slaughter weight and the
weight of digestive content.
After chilling the carcasses at 4°C for 24 hrs,
cold carcasses were weighed. The carcass was
spilt along the vertebral column into left and
right halves using an electrical saw. The area of
longissimus dorsi muscle at the 12th rib was
determined by tracing the muscle on semitransparent
waxed, and the area was measured
by a compensating polar planimeter. Fat
thickness over the L, dorsi muscle was recorded
by averaging three separate measurement using
Vernia.
The data obtained was analyzed using the GLM
(General Linear Model) within SAS (2005)
program as in the following models:
Yij = μ + Ti + eij
Where:
Yij = Observational value of the j th animal.
μ = Overall mean.
Ti = Effect of i th treatment (T = 1, 2, 3, 4).
eij = experimental error assumed to be NID with
(O, σ 2 ).
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RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
Growth and feed efficiency:
The findings related to fattening performance
(initial and final body weight, average daily
weight gain, daily feed intake and feed
efficiency) are presented in Table (1). The
statistical analyses indicated a non significant
difference in the initial live body weight among
experimental groups. The overall mean of daily
gain in weight was 0.071 ± 0.007 kg (Table 1).
This value is within the range of 0.060 to 0.11
kg reported by Dosky (2010) and Mayi (2009),
respectively for the same studied breed.
Table (1):- Daily feed intake, feed efficiency and water consumption for different treatment
groups of Meriz kids (Mean ± s.e).
Traits Overall mean Treatments
Control 750 mg 1000 mg 1250 mg
No. animals 5 5 5 5
Initial wt (kg) 13.48 ± 0.62 13.34 ± 1.11a 13.40 ± 0.66 a 13.88 ± 1.54 a 13.32 ± 1.49 a
Final wt (kg) 19.92 ± 1.10 19.48 ± 2.04 a 20.54 ± 1.39 a 19.88 ± 2.46 a 19.78 ± 2.67 a
Daily gain in weight (kg)
1 st month 0.034 0.045 0.033 0.034
2 nd month 0.134 0.100 0.085 0.086
3 rd month 0.054 0.096 0.110 0.124
Average 0.071 ± 0.007 0.068 ± 0.017 0.082 ± 0.012 0.066 ± 0.014 0.070 ± 0.017 a
a
a
a
Daily feed intake (kg) 0.555 0.538 0.545 0.566
Feed/gain (kg/kg) 8.16 6.81 8.13 7.86
Daily water consumed
(L)
2.118 1.889 2.344 2.017
Means with different letters within each row differ significantly; otherwise they do not differ significantly.