Indigenous poultry breeds from Africa can survive in harsh tropical environments (such as
long arid seasons, excessive rain and humidity, and extreme heat) and are resilient to …

Poultry are the most widely distributed type of livestock in Nigeria. Indigenous chickens are
extremely common throughout the country. Indeed, approximately 83 million chickens are …

Sažetak Knowledge of genetic diversity is a prerequisite for better utilization of any genetic
resource. However, such information is insufficient for Nigerian indigenous chicken (NIC) …

Myanmar indigenous chickens play important roles in food, entertainment, and farm
business for the people of Myanmar. In this study, complete mitochondrial D‐loop …

Outside the well-studied mammalian models of human and mouse, the chicken has one of
the best-understood immune systems, largely due to the interests and investment of the …

The vast majority of animal production in Africa, Liberia inclusive is in the hands of traditional
operators based in the rural or countryside, upon which there is a general dearth of genetic …

Nigerian locally adapted chickens (NLACs) show high diversity in body sizes, plumage
colors, feather distribution, and even their adaptation within the same flock (Ajayi, 2010) …

The West African village chicken characterised by small body size, low productivity, disease
tolerance and strong links to local traditions is spread extensively within the sub-region …

Local chicken are the most diversified among livestock species in Nigeria. They are sources
of protein to man. In this study, cytochrome b region of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) was …

This study was designed to examine the genetic polymorphism of TLR7 gene in the Nigerian
indigenous chicken populations and ISA Brown commercial layer chicken. The study …