The present study was aimed at the comparison of floor-based growth (FBG) and caged-based growth (CBG) systems in broiler production for growth performance and parameters related to slaughter, carcass and meat quality. Ninety one-day-old male Ross-308 chicks constituted the material of the study. It was determined that, in Groups FBG and CBG, the differences between body weight and cumulative body weight values were statistically very significant (P<0.01). The final body weights measured at the end of the trial and the mean body weight gain values in Groups FBG and CBG were determined as 2530 g -2046 g and 2389.16 g -1904.77 g, respectively. The end-trial final feed conversion rates of Groups FBG and CBG were determined as 1.82 and 1.88, respectively, and it was ascertained that the difference between the values of the two groups was statistically insignificant (P>0.05). While the hot and cold dressing percentages and the neck, wing, drumstick and tail percentages did not statistically differ between Groups FBG and CBG (P>0.05), values pertaining to breast meat displayed significant differences (P<0.05). It was determined that the L*, b* and C* values pertaining to breast meat and the L*, a*, b* and C* values pertaining to chicken drumsticks displayed statistically significant differences (P<0.05, P<0.01) between the trial groups. Keywords: Broiler, Floor-based breeding, Caged-based breeding, Carcass, Meat quality Farklı Yetiştirme Metotlarının Etlik Piliçlerde Besi Performansı, Kesim ve Karkas Özellikleri İle Bazı Et Kalite Parametreleri Üzerine Etkisi ÖzetBu araştırma altlıklı yer sistemi (FBG) ve kafeste (CBG) yapılan etlik piliç yetiştiriciliğinin besi performansı, kesim, karkas ve bazı karkas kalite parametrelerinin karşılaştırılması amacıyla yürütülmüştür. Hayvan materyali olarak 90 adet bir günlük Ross-308 erkek broyler civciv kullanılmıştır. FBG ve CBG gruplarında canlı ağırlık ve kümülatif canlı ağırlık değerleri arasındaki farklılığın istatistiksel olarak çok önemli (P<0.01) olduğu saptanmıştır. Deneme sonu canlı ağırlık değerleri ile ortalama canlı ağırlık artışları FBG ve CBG gruplarında sarasıyla 2530 ve 2046 g ile 2389.16 ve 1904.77 g olarak tespit edilmiştir. Deneme sonu kümülatif yemden yararlanma değerleri FBG ve CBG gruplarında sırayla 1.82 ve 1.88 olarak bulunmuş ve aralarındaki farklılığın istatistiksel olarak önemsiz (P>0.05) olduğu tespit edilmiştir. FBG ve CBG gruplarında sıcak ve soğuk karkas randımanı ile boyun, kanat, but ve kuyruk oranlarına ait değerler arasında istatistiksel olarak farklılığın olmadığı (P>0.05), göğüs oranına ait değerler bakımından ise önemli (P<0.05) farklılıkların olduğu belirlenmiştir. Göğüs etinden elde edilen L*, b* ve C* değerlerinin ve but etinden elde edilen L*, a*, b* ve C* değerleri bakımından deneme grupları arasında önemli farklılıkların olduğu (P<0.05, P<0.01) tespit edilmiştir.

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ABSTRACT. Atak-S laying hens are a high-performance hybrid obtained by crossing of the Rhode Island Red (RIR) X the Barred Plymouth Rock (BR) and are being produced in the Ankara Poultry Research Institute since 1997. Phenotypic and genetic improving studies are continuous for this hybrid. In this study three different SNPs, two from IGF1 and one from IGFBP2 genes, were examined in 150 Atak-S chickens. Genetic association of SNPs were compared to body weight and egg number till 32 weeks of age, body weight at sexual maturity, age at sexual maturity and also egg quality traits such as egg shell breaking strength, shell thickness, Haugh unit, albumen index, yolk index and shape index were statistically analyzed. Only IGF1(a) locus was in agreement with Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium, while, the rest of the loci were not. As a result of the comparisons performed to the three SNPs, it was determined that there was a significant association (P<0.05) between the T364C haplotypes of the IGF1(b) locus and body weight at 32 weeks of age, but there was not any association to the other traits.

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