GENETIC STUDIES OF ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE, CHOLESTEROL, SODIUM AND POTASSIUM IN THE BLOOD AND THEIR ASSOCIATION WITH CERTAIN ECONOMIC TRAITS IN A WHITE LEGHORN STRAIN
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1989
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AAU, Anand
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The present study dealt with the genetic aspects of serum alkaline phosphatase, plasma cholesterol, sodium and potassium and their association with certain important economic traits of growth, production and feed efficiency in a strain of white Leghorn maintained at the Central Poultry Research Station, Gujarat Agricultural University, Anand A total of 790 pullets belonging to 35 sire families were screened for the quality and quantity of serum alkaline phosphatase. Total cholesterol, sodium and potassium contents in blood plasma were estimated on 403 pullets which were the progeny of 32 sires. The birds having fast type of alkaline phosphatase isozyme weighed heavier at 20 weeks, matured earlier, produced more eggs and egg mass, and utilized feed more efficiently as compared to those having slow type of the isozyme. The fast type birds exhibited higher level of serum alkaline phosphatase activity than the slow type birds.
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