| Growth performance of Nigerian local chickens in crosses involving an exotic broiler breeder. | |
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PMID: 21088891 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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Six-hundred-and-seven-day-old chicks were generated from Nigerian local chickens consisting of three genotypes (Normal-feathered; Frizzled-feathered; Naked neck) and an exotic broiler breeder (Anak Titan) to evaluate growth performance for possible meat-type chicken development. Growth parameters measured were body weight, breast girth and keel length on weekly basis for 20 weeks. Effects of sire, dam and chick genotypes were significant (P < 0.001) on growth traits. At week 20, chickens sired by the Anak Titan weighed 1,614.82 g followed by Normal-feathered local chickens with body weight of 1,211.32 g. Progenies of Anak Titan and Naked neck dams weighed 1,761.96 and 1,292.80 g at week 20, respectively. Among purebreds, Anak Titan weighed 35.05 g at day-old and had heaviest body weight of 2,360.29 g at 20 weeks compared to the three local strains. The average body weights for the crossbred, Normal-feathered×Anak Titan at day-old and week 20 were 36.39 and 1,577.63 g, respectively. This was followed by Anak Titan×Naked neck with 33.32 g at day-old and 1,514.14 g at week 20. Sex had significant effect (P < 0.05) at weeks 16 and 20 with the males having higher mean values than their female counterparts. This study revealed that crosses involving Anak Titan sire×Naked neck dam had highest growth performance, and there was no strain differences among the growth performance of purebred Nigerian local chickens. |
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M A Adeleke; S O Peters; M O Ozoje; C O N Ikeobi; A M Bamgbose; Olufunmilayo A Adebambo |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2010-11-19 |
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Title: Tropical animal health and production Volume: - ISSN: 1573-7438 ISO Abbreviation: Trop Anim Health Prod Publication Date: 2010 Nov |
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Created Date: 2010-11-19 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 1277355 Medline TA: Trop Anim Health Prod Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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Department of Animal Breeding and Genetics, P.M.B. 2240, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria, maadeleke2003@yahoo.com. |
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