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Morphological features of indigenous chicken populations of Ethiopia

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Title Morphological features of indigenous chicken populations of Ethiopia
 
Creator Dana, N.
Dessie, Tadelle
Waaij, E.H. van der
Arendonk, Johan A.M. van
 
Subject GENETIC RESOURCES
CHICKENS
 
Description This study describes the variations in the physical features and the useful attributes of different populations of indigenous chickens. Five populations of chickens in different regions of Ethiopia were studied based on 13 qualitative traits recorded for a total of 1 125 chickens. Additional measurements on quantitative traits (shank length and body weight) were also included. Descriptive statistics (nonparametric and F tests) were used to analyze the data. Each of the study populations possessed multiple variants of plumage colours and other physical features. However, white body plumage is one of the prominent features of Farta chickens and red is predominant in the other populations. Pea comb is the dominant comb type in all regions. Most of the chickens in the high altitude regions have yellow skin. The geographic distribution and frequency of naked neck chickens are generally small, and the available small proportion is found mainly in the low altitude regions. Males in all populations are heavier and taller than the females. Body weights range from 1 411 g (Konso) to 1 700 g (Horro) in adult males and from 1 011 g (Konso) to 1 517 g (Sheka) in females. Most of the morphological traits that were studied showed a very low level of associations with each other.
 
Date 2010-10-06T20:30:15Z
2010-10-06T20:30:15Z
2010-05-06
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Dana, N.; Dessie, T.; Waaij, L.H. van der; Arendonk, J.A.M. van. 2010. Morphological features of indigenous chicken populations of Ethiopia. Animal Genetic Resources (FAO) 46:11-23.
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/2435
 
Language en
 
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Source Animal Genetic Resources