an experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of dietary crude protein and methionine levels on quality and quantity of egg production. fifteen diets formulated with 3 levels of protein (13, 14 and 15%) and 5 levels of methionine (0.25, 0.28, 0.31, 0.34 and 0.37%) and fed to 420 birds in a 3×5 factorial arrangement. each diet was randomly fed to 4 replicates of 7 birds each and fed for 3 p...

Two breeds of chickens were used to develop reference family and detect QTLs affecting egg quality traits: cocks of a native Polish breed Green-Legged Partidgenous (GlP) and hens of Rhode Island Red (RIR). During the first 100 days of the laying period, the GlP hens lay about 40 eggs weighting on average 50 g, whilst the RIR flock laid 83 eggs with a mean weight of 60 g. QTL analysis of egg qua...

two breeds of chickens were used to develop reference family and detect qtls affecting egg quality traits: cocks of a native polish breed green-legged partidgenous (glp) and hens of rhode island red (rir). during the first 100 days of the laying period, the glp hens lay about 40 eggs weighting on average 50 g, whilst the rir flock laid 83 eggs with a mean weight of 60 g. qtl analysis of egg qua...

the data of this study were collected by indigenous chicken breeding centers in the west azerbaijan for 11 generations. the (co) variance components, heritability's, correlations between traits and breeding values were estimated by multi-trait animal model using wombat software. the genetic trends of traits over 11 generations of selection, using average function of breeding values per gen...

data related to yazd native fowls (obtained during 2000-2008) yazd native fowls were made use of in the present study. the investigated traits consisted of body weight at 8 (bw8) and 12 weeks (bw12), age at sexual maturity (asm), egg number during the first three months of production period (en) and the mean egg weight at 28, 30 and 32 weeks of age (ew). the genetic and phenotypic parameters we...

Effects of mating sex ratios on production performance in Indian peafowl were investigated at PunjabWildlife Research Institute, Gatwala Faisalabad. Research was conducted from May through August 2007 toexplore the most productive mating sex ratio. The sex ratios have a significant effect on egg production.Maximum mean eggs (1.63) were produced by the sex ratio 1:2 while maximum egg fertility (...