Hatchability and growth performances of normal feathered local, Sasso-RIR and their F1-cross chickens managed under on-station condition in southern Ethiopia

Wolde, Shewangizaw; Mirkena, Tadele; Melesse, Aberra; Dessie, Tadelle; Abegaz, Solomon

doi:10.1007/s11250-021-02957-z

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“…The superiority in the number of egg sets exhibited by pure frizzled feather birds over other pure and crossbred birds denoted that they have better egg production than other genetic groups. The result was in line with studies of Wolde et al 29 and Ahmad et al 30 that different genetic constitution was main determinant of variations in the fertility and hatchability attributes in chickens.…”

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“…It also established that RIR exotic strain can transmit the gene for fertility and hatchability performance into its progenies 31 . Meanwhile, the current findings that favored crossbred chickens were contradicted by the investigations of Melesse et al 15 , Balcha et al 28 and Wolde et al 29 The study will therefore have recommended that frizzled feather chicken for better combination with Rhode Island Red chicken for good egg production traits of coming earlier to lay and lighter body weight than any other genetic components produced and sexual maturity and lighter body are good indicators for egg production. It was discovered that for fertility and hatchability characteristics, pure frizzled feather birds had better performance for these traits over other pure and crossbred birds denoted that they have better egg production than other genetic groups while RIR×NN birds had the lowest dead-in-shell over the other genotypes.…”

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“…https://doi.org/10.17311/tas.2024.29.37 | Page 31Trends Agric. Sci.,3 (1):[29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37] 2024 …”

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Egg Production Characteristics of Nigerian Indigenous Chickens, Rhode Island Red and Their Crossbred Progenies

Amao,

Ojedapo,

Adedeji

2024

Trends Agric. Sci

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Background and Objective:The crossbreeding program in livestock production as it is the likely genetic basis of hybrid vigor. It is also expected to be one of the factors causing the genetic relationships between crossbred and purebred performance characteristics. This study was focused on egg production characteristics of pure Nigerian indigenous chickens, Rhode Island Red and their crossbred progenies in the derived guinea savanna environment of Nigeria. Materials and Methods: A total of 100 birds were sourced and used as parents for the experiment. This consists of 5 cocks and 15 hens each of naked neck-NN, normal feather-NF, frizzled feather-FF, Fulani ecotype-FE and Rhode Island Red-RIR chickens. Data were obtained on egg production characteristics (body weight at first egg, age at first egg, weight of first egg, egg number, hen day egg production and hen housed egg production). Results: The obtained results depicted a significant (p<0.05) difference in egg production parameters, frizzled feather (FF) had the lighter body weight at first egg (1258.33 g), RIR×FF comes to lay earlier (140 days) while RIR had the highest weight of first egg (45.33 g), hen-day (80.35%) and hen-housed (75.35%). The parameters on fertility and hatchability also indicated that crossbred NN×NN had the highest fertility and hatchability rates of 95.24 and 100%, respectively. Conclusion: It was concluded that RIR genetics component may be used to improve the local stocks of egg production characteristics in the derived savanna environment of Nigeria.

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Egg Production Characteristics of Nigerian Indigenous Chickens, Rhode Island Red and Their Crossbred Progenies

Amao,

Ojedapo,

Adedeji

2024

Trends Agric. Sci

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“…In a crossbreeding experiment involving exotic Sasso-RIR and indigenous chickens of Ethiopia, the crossbreds displayed higher body weight than the indigenous breed at different ages [40]. The reciprocal crosses of Fayoumi and Sasso also exhibited higher body weight and body weight gain compared to the purebred.…”

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Relative Phenotypic Performance of Crossbred Chicken as Step in Synthetic Breed Development in Ethiopia: A Review Article

Taye,

Edea,

Hailemariam

et al. 2024

IJGG

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The present review article aims to provide and summarize synthesized information regarding some of economically important traits on reproductive and productive performance of crossbred chicken to develop both adaptive and sustainable breed to the intended beneficiaries. Most of crossing were used full diallel mating design in both direct and reciprocal ways. Growth traits, egg production traits, reproductive traits and other economically important traits of crossbred chicken were assessed in comparison to their counterpart’s purebred both native and exotic parents. In the majority of crossbreeding studies, the hybrids surpassed the original native parental breeds in various traits studied, including body weight, feed conversion ratio, age at first egg, egg production, egg weight, and egg mass. The majority of hybrids achieved sexual maturity at an earlier age, laid more eggs, and produced a greater egg mass when compared to local chickens. Eggs from the hybrids were also heavier than those from the local chickens in certain crossbreeding experiments. In overall, crossbred chickens that combine the blood of exotic and local breeds tend to perform relatively better than indigenous chickens, which are typically characterized in low production due genetics. The frequent production of F<sub>1 </sub>crossbred demands in subsequent importation of exotic parent due to produced offspring chicken are terminal genetically. Also, the degree of heterosis retained in the crossbred decreased as generation increased due recombinant ad segregations effects. To overcome such problem producing adaptive and sustainable chicken breed through synthetic breeding is crucial for developing countries like Ethiopia.

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“…Due to more health-conscious consumers and an increase in demand for alternative products, alternative poultry breeders may be encouraged to rear breeding animals (Franzoni et al, 2021). For that purpose, most researchers seek new genotypes by combining fast-growing commercial hybrids and slow-growing local animals (Rizzi et al, 2013;Cassandro et al, 2015;Wolde et al, 2021).…”

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The effect of crossbreeding with different breeds on slaughter and carcass characteristics and meat quality in Leghorn hens

Arslan,

Keskin,

Garip

et al. 2024

SA J. An. Sci.

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This study reports slaughter and carcass characteristics and meat quality as a result of crossing Leghorn chickens and five different genotypes. The experiment was carried out in the Prof. Dr. Hümeyra Özgen Research and Application Farm in Selcuk University. The material consisted of 20 leghorn crosses (F2) of each genotype reared under the same feeding and care conditions. The animals were slaughtered at 84 d. In this study, the highest value was determined in the Brahma × Leghorn (BL) genotype, followed by the Cornish × Leghorn (CL), Denizli × Leghorn (DL), and Aracuana × Leghorn (AL) genotypes, respectively, according to slaughter weight and hot and cold carcass performance values. The lowest value was calculated in the Leghorn × Leghorn (LL) genotype, as expected. Slaughter, cold, and carcass weights were found to be similar. A difference was found in colour characteristics (L*,a*,b*) of thigh (b), breast (l), and breast (a) meats of F2 groups. A difference was found in the DM and pH values of the genotypes. CL came into prominence when rearing specific genotypes as free-range broilers. In evaluating the parts of the carcass, it was found that two genotypes were superior to other genotypes in terms of thigh, breast, wing, and back weights. New three-unit and four-unit crossbreeding studies have a potential to add new local commercial genotypes to national economies.

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Hatchability and growth performances of normal feathered local, Sasso-RIR and their F1-cross chickens managed under on-station condition in southern Ethiopia

Cited by 9 publications

References 12 publications

Egg Production Characteristics of Nigerian Indigenous Chickens, Rhode Island Red and Their Crossbred Progenies

Egg Production Characteristics of Nigerian Indigenous Chickens, Rhode Island Red and Their Crossbred Progenies

Relative Phenotypic Performance of Crossbred Chicken as Step in Synthetic Breed Development in Ethiopia: A Review Article

The effect of crossbreeding with different breeds on slaughter and carcass characteristics and meat quality in Leghorn hens

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