The Influence Of Priming Two Cucumber Cultivar Seeds

J. Duhok Univ. Vol.13, No.1, (Agri. And Vet. Sciences) Pp 55-59, 2010
Table (1): Distribution of broiler farms in Duhok governorate.
Area No. of broiler
farms*
% of the total No. of farms
studied
% of the total
Amedy 2 3 1 1.5
Sumail 18 27 9 13.5
Duhok 9 13 2 3
Shekhan 5 7.5 3 4.5
Aqra 28 42 5 7.5
Zakho 4 6 - -
Mangesh 1 1.5 - -
Total 67 100 20 30
* Data from the general directorate of agriculture in Duhok governorate.
Table (2) : Matrix of correlation coefficients.
Traits Mortality rate Feed conversion
efficiency
Average total production
Mortality rate 0.082 - 0.266
Feed conversion efficiency 0.456 *
Average total production
* Significant at 5% level of probability.
Table (3): Regression coefficients between dependent and independent variables.
Regression on: Mortality rate Feed conversion
efficiency
Average total production
Certificate - 1.135 0.017 1759.502*
Staff expertise - 1.258 0.054 2711.322*
Chicks quality - 0.590 - 0.042 - 366.697
* Significant at 5% level of probability.
Mortality rate was found to have a negative
non-significant regression on educational level
of farmers, staff expertise and chicks quality.
Feed conversion efficiency had a positive and
non-significant regression with education level
of farmers and staff expertise but it was negative
and non-significant with chicks quality. Average
total production was found to have a positive
significant regression on educational level of
farmers and staff expertise but it was negative
and non-significant with chicks quality (table 3).
6. Technical specifications of broiler houses
One of the objectives of this study is
searching for the ideal specifications for the
houses according to North & Bell 4 , to provide
warmth for broilers during cold weather and to
provide proper cooling in hot weather. It has
been observed that most of fields were similar to
the closed type, whose ventilation depends on
the movement of the free open air only.
The most important specifications for broiler
houses have been researched in the studied
sample like house orientation, width & height of
the house and thermal insulation in the field.
It is always advised that the house orientation
should be east-west 5 , which reduces the effect of
high summer temperature 6 . The results showed
that (60 %) of the total number of the houses has
been brought to the longitudinal axis east-west.
It is known that the temperature may rise during
the summer in some areas of study, thus it could
be higher than (40ºc) during the day time, which
is higher than the temperature required for
optimal production in poultry, which is ranged
between (18-22ºc), (Austic & Nesheim, 2005).
The width of the house in semi-closed system
should not be more than (12 m) (Ernst, 1995),
and it is preferred that the width would be
between (10-11 m). The study has shown that
(70 %) of the total houses are built with the
width of (10-12 m).
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