also provided cheaply by consumers is dependent on some characteristics. â These characteristics are known as internal (albumen weight and yolk weight) and ...
PREDICTION OF EGG WEIGHT FROM EGG QUALITY CHARACTERISTICS USING RIDGE REGRESSION AND REGRESSION TREE METHODS Hikmet ORHAN, Ecevit EYDURAN, Adile TATLIYER, Hasan SAYGICI Süleyman Demirel University, Animal Science Department, Biometry And Genetics Unit, Isparta. Iğdır University, Animal Science Department, Biometry And Genetics Unit, Iğdır.
INTRODUCTION In poultry production, animal products such as meat and egg are of great economic importance in the world Considering egg product; quality of egg, which is not only known as the basic product in poultry activities by breeders but also provided cheaply by consumers is dependent on some characteristics. These characteristics are known as internal (albumen weight and yolk weight) and external (shell weight) quality characteristics.
Previous Studies Aktan (2004) mentioned that significantly correlation coefficients for egg weight- inner thick albumen, and egg weight-yolk area were 0.489 and 0.796, respectively (P
