Indigenous/native breeds of chickens are playing an important role in rural economies in
most of the develo** and underdeveloped countries. They play a major role for the rural …

Tropical environments are characterized by persistently high temperature and relative
humidity and the harsh environmental conditions pose a serious limitation on the optimal …

Simple Summary In African countries, there has been little effort to conserve the local
chicken breeds or lines. These chickens are hardy and provide a valuable protein source to …

The objectives of this study were to investigate the relationships between body weight and
morpho-structural indices to predict body weight from their orthogonal body shape …

Three hundred crossbred chickens (at age of 11 wk) were randomly housed in 15 open-
sided deep litter pens with 20 chickens in each pen under completely randomized design for …

Reciprocal crosses of Fayoumi with Koekoek, Sasso, and White Leghorn chickens and the
purebreds were evaluated for growth and feed efficiency traits. Birds were weighed …

Adaptation of Nigerian indigenous chickens (NIC), FUNAAB‐α (F‐α) and Transylvanian
naked neck chickens (TNN) raised during hot‐dry season under humid tropical environment …

A total of 970 eggs were collected from matings involving three genotypes of Nigerian local
chickens (Normal-feathered, Frizzle-feathered and Naked neck) and one exotic broiler …

1. The aim of the study was to evaluate the genetic and economic breeding objectives for an
indigenous chicken (IC) breeding programme in Kenya. 2. A closed three-tier nucleus …

There is scant information on Salmonella in indigenous poultry in Nigeria. We investigated
the occurrence and characterized Salmonella serovars in indigenous poultry and their …