Principal component analysis of body measurements in a population of indigenous Nigerian chickens raised under extensive management system

SSA Egena, AT Ijaiya, DM Ogah… - Slovak journal of animal …, 2014 - office.sjas-journal.org
This study was carried out to investigate the relationship among body measurements in
indigenous Nigerian chickens sampled in Niger state using principal component analysis …

Phenotypic characterization of the indigenous chickens (Gallus gallus) in the northwest of Algeria

L Dahloum, N Moula, M Halbouche… - Archives Animal …, 2016 - aab.copernicus.org
This study was conducted to characterize local chickens in the northwest of Algeria based
on some phenotypic traits and to look at prediction of body weight from morphometric …

Sexual dimorphism and breed characterization of Creole hens through biometric canonical discriminant analysis across Ecuadorian agroecological areas

PA Toalombo Vargas, FJ Navas González, V Landi… - Animals, 2019 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The first step towards the protection and valorization of the genetic
resources of a country is their definition. Although Ecuadorian zootechnical species are very …

Farmers' choice of genotypes and trait preferences in tropically adapted chickens in five agro-ecological zones in Nigeria

A Yakubu, O Bamidele, WA Hassan, FO Ajayi… - Tropical Animal Health …, 2020 - Springer
This study aimed at determining chicken genotypes of choice and traits preference in
chicken by smallholder farmers in Nigeria. Data were obtained from a total of 2063 farmers …

Characteristics of indigenous ducks and their production system in Nigeria: a review

OE Kadurumba, MU Iloeje, UE Ogundu… - Agricultural …, 2022 - indianjournals.com
Indigenous ducks are important biodiversity resources and genetic reservoirs needed for
mitigating future challenges of food insecurity even though they are highly prejudiced in …

Zambian indigenous chicken genetic resources: phenotypic characteristics and their production systems among small-scale farmers

S Liswaniso, K Mwambilwa, K Odubote… - Frontiers in Veterinary …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Indigenous chickens are very important to households for income and protein.
However, their performance is usually poor, especially under small-scale farmer …

Identification of candidate genes associated with slaughter traits in F2 chicken population using genome‐wide association study

J Liu, J Zhou, J Li, H Bao - Animal Genetics, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Slaughter traits are crucial economic traits of chickens. We performed a GWAS to discover
critical loci and candidate genes for 21 slaughter traits in an F2 chicken population resulting …

Biometric Trait Characterization and Multivariate Discriminant Analysis of Traditionally Bred Autochthonous Chickens in Ethiopia

KT Mekonnen, DH Lee, YG Cho, AY Son, KS Seo - Agriculture, 2023 - mdpi.com
The biometric characterization of autochthonous Ethiopian chickens has not been fully
investigated in the study area. In this study, we aimed to conduct biometric trait …

[PDF][PDF] Principal component and discriminant analyses of body weight and conformation traits of Sasso, Kuroiler and indigenous Fulani chickens in Nigeria.

A Yakubu, MM Ari - JAPS: Journal of Animal & Plant Sciences, 2018 - drive.google.com
This study aimed at evaluating the body weight (BW) and biometric traits [breast girth (BG),
nec circumference (NC), Bac length (BL), wing length (WL), thigh length (TL), thigh …

A valuable strategy for chicken welfare management: A review for chicken live weight monitoring

J Xie, M Li, W Chunxu - 2023 IEEE International Workshop on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Live-weight is a widely accepted proxy for the growing status of chickens at a point in time. In
current cultivation status, it is uncommon for producers to monitor chicken live-weight …