PERÍODO DE ARMAZENAMENTO DE OVOS FÉRTEIS DE CODORNAS DE CORTE SOBRE A MORTALIDADE EMRIONÁRIA

Different storage periods under hatching eggs from breeder meat quails were evaluated in a completely randomized experimental design, using four treatments (one; five; seven and nine days) and 65 eggs per treatments. Was evalueted embryonic mortality. Were observed effects of storage periods for embryonic mortality with higher embryonic mortality in stage I phase for European quails, demonstrating that after five days of storage eggs began to decrease hatchability, increasing the frequency of embryonic mortality in several stages of development. with increased egg storage period, higher embryonic mortality occurs in I phase of development in European quails ICA2.