Development of village chicken production can be a sustainable way of helping to meet the welfare needs of rural populations and raise their living standards. There is a dearth of information on research conducted to characterize, understand and develop the village chicken production systems in Zimbabwe. This review focuses on constraints, opportunities and research needs for the improvement of...

AIM The present investigation was undertaken to elaborate hematobiochemical alterations of acute chlorpyriphos (CPF) toxicity in indigenous chicken. Since there is no available literature on the detailed hematobiochemical changes of CPF in indigenous chicken, hence, the present study was designed to establish toxicological effect of CPF on blood biochemical parameters of indigenous chicken whic...

A comparative study was conducted to find out the differences in contribution of carcass cuts in meat production from indigenous breeds such as Vanraja, Aseel and Kadaknath breeds with respect to a broiler strain, Cobb-400. The primal cuts of Cobb-400 had significantly (P<0.05) higher weight than all indigenous breeds. Among indigenous breeds Aseel exhibited higher weight of all primal cuts exc...

On 34 days over a period of 30 months, samplings were made of randomly selected birds slaughtered in randomly chosen processing plants. Methods were designed so that Salmonella and paracolon bacteria isolated were indigenous to the intestinal tract of the selected bird. Incidence rates were 5.25% for turkeys, 0.54% for chicken hens, and 1.05% for chicken fryers. Infected birds, providing the po...

Immunocompetence of livestock plays an important role in farm profitability because it directly affects health maintenance. Genetics significantly influences the immune system, and the genotypic structure of modern fast-growing chickens has been changed, particularly after decades of breeding for higher production. Therefore, this study was designed to help determine if intensive breeding progr...

AIM The current study was the first of its kind taken upon indigenous ecotypes of the Karnataka in order to unravel the diversity details at 20 chicken microsatellite regions. MATERIALS AND METHODS 210 indigenous chicken belonging to six districts of Bangalore and Mysore division formed the target sample for the present study. The genomic deoxyribonucleic acid was isolated by phenol chlorofor...

This experiment was conducted to assess the effect of chicken genotype on the growth performance, feed intake and feed conversion efficiency of the progenies resulting from purebred (Giriraja (Gr) X Giriraja (Gr)), straight (Gr male X Alpha female), reciprocal (Alpha male X Gr female) and Alpha male X White Leghorn (WL) female crosses. Data obtained on body weight, body length, breast girth, ke...

Kuroilers are semi-synthetic, dual purpose breed of birds with higher productivity than indigenous breeds and are commonly reared in hilly area like Darjeeling district of West Bengal. The present study was intended to detect the sero-prevalence of Newcastle disease virus in kuroilers and indigenous birds in Darjeeling district of West Bengal. The serum samples from kuroilers (n=10) and indigen...

BACKGROUND:Class II transactivator (CIITA) is a dominanttranscriptional element, controlling numerous genes in theimmune system. CIITA is expressed in a constitutive pattern inantigen presenting cells although its expression can occur inother cell types. Since the revelation of CIITA, there have beenconsiderable advances toward understanding its role as anactivator of MHC II genes in humans and...

Domestications and selection have led to phenotypic variation in chicken and has left traceable signatures within their genome. Indigenous chicken has been shaped more by natural selection [1] imposed by the environmental conditions, parasites, diets and diseases. Several candidate genes that contribute to adaptation to harsh scavenging tropical conditions, for instance, those linked to respons...