Relationship of body fat to fertility in broiler breeder hens.
Sixty-one dwarf broiler breeder hens (58 weeks of age) were utilized to examine relationships among body weight, body fat, oviduct fat, and fertility. Body weight showed a significant (P less than .05) positive relationship to percent body fat (r = +.26). The correlation coefficient between percent body fat and percent oviduct fat was +.26 (P less than .05). Body weight and percent body fat were negatively correlated with fertility; oviduct fat, however, was not significantly correlated to fertility. The adverse effect of body fat on fertility seems to involve a mechanism other than increased fat deposition in the oviduct.
D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D000818:Animals; D002645:Chickens / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D005298:Fertility; D007315:Insemination, Artificial / Q000662:veterinary; D008055:Lipids / Q000032:analysis; D009929:Organ Size; D010057:Oviducts / Q000032:analysis / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D010058:Oviposition
D008055:Lipids