Features of the adaptation of the turkeys' body in a poultry farm

Abstract

The work is devoted to the study of adaptive  features  in  the Hybrid Converter novo turkey cross in a poultry farm located in the south of the Tyumen region. The aim of the work was to investigate the adaptive abilities of the body of turkeys in a poultry farm in the Tyumen region. Research work was carried out at the Department of Anatomy and Physiology  of  the  Federal  State  Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education of  the  State  Agrarian  University  of  the Northern Trans-Urals and in the conditions of  the  poultry  farm  LLC  "Absolut-Agro". The object of the study was turkeys of different ages and genders of the Hybrid Converter novo cross. The studies were carried out using  generally  accepted  methods  to  study the  age-related  dynamics  of absolute  mass, body  temperature,  respiratory  rate,  and  the adaptation coefficient was calculated. Physiological indicators of temperature, respiratory rate were measured in 72 heads of broiler turkeys at the age of 21 days, 42, 64, 82, 105 and  126  ays.  Analyzing  the  obtained  data, we can say that in male turkeys, the adaptation  process  proceeds  more  evenly  and quickly  after  the  manifestation  of  sexual demorphism, as indicated by a uniform increase in absolute weight, a slight deviation from the actual weight from  the normative one and a gradual decrease in the adaptation coefficient from 1.032 at the age of 42 days to 0.987 at the age of 126 days. In females, the adaptive abilities of the body are weaker, as indicated by sharp fluctuations in the actual  weight  from  the  normative  values,  as well  as  a  sharp  increase  in  the  adaptation coefficient at 42 and 82 days.