EVALUATION OF PRODUCTION POTENTIAL OF THREE BREEDS OF CHICKEN AND GROWTH PERFORMANCE OF THEIR CROSSBRED PROGENIES SUITABLE FOR RURAL FARMING
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2011
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Anand Agricultural University, Anand
Abstract
The present study was undertaken to evaluate production potential of three
breeds Australorp (A), New Hampshire (NH) and Broiler (B) and growth performance
in their crossbred progenies. The crossbred progenies were produced by full diallel
crossing between above breeds with an objective to study growth performance in F1
generation. Thus, the present study was divided into two parts i.e. to study the
production and reproductive performance of pure breeds and to study the juvenile
growth rate of their crossbred progenies. The various traits studied in pure breeds were
growth rate, age at first egg (AFE), egg number up to 40 weeks of age, HHEP and
HDEP (%), egg weight, total feed consumption, fertility and hatchability, livability and
economics in terms of return over feed cost. The traits studied in the crossbred
progenies were body weight, weight gain, feed consumed, FCR, livability, heterosis
and economics in terms of EPEI.
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Animal Nutrition, Study