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 …

Selection pressures found in the prevailing production environments have shaped the
genetic structure of indigenous chickens we see today. Indigenous chickens, raised in …

The effect of crossbreeding aims to characterize heterosis, additive, and maternal values for
growth, egg production and selected egg quality traits in Improved Horro (H), Cosmopolitan …

Ovary follicular development is a progressive system from the beginning of small cortical
follicles to the ovulation of hierarchical follicles. The review was conducted to provide …

Classification and regression tree analysis is a powerful statistical technique which helps to
determine the most important variables in a particular dataset and helps to create a model …

South Africa recognizes the value of indigenous breeds such as Potchefstroom Koekoek,
Boschveld, Ovambo, Venda, Naked Neck, and nondescript village chickens. Indigenous …

Background Recently, efforts like crossbreeding, strain crossing, and inbred hybridization
have been performed to improve productive performance in native chickens. This …

This study was carried out in private field Kani Graw–Erbil city during the periods from
1/8/2021 to 20/11/2021 by using two genotypes of chickens, Kurdish local chickens (KK) and …

Context Recently, Chee Fah and Fah Luang chickens have been registered as a black-bone
native chicken in Thailand. Only a few studies revealed genetic information about them. No …

Path analysis is the statistical tool used to assess the direct and indirect effects of
independent variables on the dependent variables. This study was done to examine the …