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Evaluation of a three-way cross chicken developed for backyard poultry in respect to growth, production and carcass quality traits under intensive system of rearing

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Title Evaluation of a three-way cross chicken developed for backyard poultry in respect to growth, production and carcass quality traits under intensive system of rearing
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Creator M. K. Padhi,
R. N. Chatterjee,
U. Rajkumar,
M. Niranjan
S Haunshi
 
Subject Three-way cross; backyard egg-type chicken; body weight; carcass quality; egg production
 
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Objective of the work was to develop a three-way cross for egg-type backyard chicken using male and
female lines developed from exotic chickens. To improve the egg production further and to get colour
plumage pattern, the two-way cross PD1 X IWI males were crossed with PD3 females to produce threeway
cross (PD1 X IWI X PD3). The crossbred was evaluated for different traits upto 72 weeks of age.
Sexual dimorphisms were evident from two weeks onwards for body weights and shank length differ
significantly (P < .05) between male and female at 8, 12 and 16 weeks of age. Male were reared upto
16 weeks of age, and at 16 weeks, body weight of male and female were 1670 and 1096 g,
respectively. Carcass quality measured at 16 week of age recorded 66.12% eviscerated carcass yield,
4.84% giblet and 0.30% abdominal fat. Egg production performance recorded from 17 to 72 weeks of
age at 4 weeks interval showed significant (P < .05) difference between different periods, and peak egg
production was recorded during 29–32 weeks. At 69–72 weeks period, the egg production per bird
was 14.78 eggs. Egg production upto 40, 52, 64 and 72 weeks of age were 91.71, 105.84, 204.88 and
233.28 eggs, respectively. Age and weight at sexual maturity were 163.14 days and 1702 g,
respectively. Egg weight recorded at 4 weeks interval starting from 20 weeks of age showed linear
increase upto 56 weeks of age with significant differences at different ages. The results indicate that
the cross may be of use for egg-type poultry in the backyard. However, before large-scale propagation,
the cross has to be evaluated in the field.
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Date 2021-08-21T07:06:56Z
2021-08-21T07:06:56Z
2016-10-01
 
Type Research Paper
 
Identifier M. K. Padhi, R. N. Chatterjee, U. Rajkumar, M. Niranjan & S. Haunshi (2016) Evaluation of a three-way cross chicken developed for backyard poultry in respect to growth, production and carcass quality traits under intensive system of rearing, Journal of Applied Animal Research, 44:1, 390-394, DOI: 10.1080/09712119.2015.1091336
0971-2119
http://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/handle/123456789/59017
 
Language English
 
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Publisher Taylor and Francies