The effect of various sanitizing agents on the microbial and duckling qualities of Kuttanad duck eggs

An experiment was conducted in the Department of Poultry Science, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Mannuthy, Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University to evaluate the effect of various sanitizing agents on the microbial and duckling qualities of hatching eggs of Kuttand duck (Anas platyrhynchos domesticus) eggs. A total of 2400 hatching eggs over a period of six weeks was collected for the study. Each treatment consisted of 600 eggs with 100 eggs per replicate. The selected eggs were randomly allotted to the various cleaning methods (dry cleaning, luke warm water wash, glutaraldehyde wash and sodium hypochlorite wash) and the Total Viable Count of the dead embryos have been carried out to ascertain the effect of various cleaning methods on the dead embryos at 24th day of incubation. Also the duckling quality has been assessed on the day of hatch. The findings of the present study revealed no significant differences in the case of microbial and duckling qualities by using different sanitation methods.