TY  - JOUR
TI  - QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE TRAITS CHARACTERISATION OF INDIGENOUS CHICKENS IN SOUTHERN AFRICAN COUNTRIES
SP  - 333
SN  - 22287701
EP  - 340
N1  - Department of Agricultural Economics and Animal Production, University of Limpopo, Private Bag X1106,Sovenga,Limpopo0727, South Africa
KW  - Breed; Characterisation; Chickens; Qualitative traits; Quantitative traits
AV  - public
A1  - Hlokoe, V.R.
A1  - Tyasi, T.L.
IS  - 6
PB  - Scienceline Publication
JF  - Online Journal of Animal and Feed Research
VL  - 12
Y1  - 2022/11/25/
ID  - eprints739
N2  - Indigenous poultry production is important to human lives as they alleviate poverty by providing an affordable source of animal proteins. Besides, it serves as the easiest source of income for rural farmers in developing countries. The current review was conducted to evaluate the research findings of indigenous chickens? quantitative and qualitative traits characterisations in Southern African countries. Quantitative and qualitative traits characterisation is the first step for genetic improvement in livestock. The documents used in the review were attained from different search engines, most of which were published lately (after 2010). Potchefstroom Koekoek, Venda, Naked Neck, Ovambo, Boschveld and Tswana indigenous chicken breeds in the Southern African countries were characterised. The studies suggest that there are variations in quantitative traits including live weight, egg weight, wing length, comb length and shank length and qualitative traits including feather color, comb type, comb color and eggshell color of indigenous chickens of Southern African countries. The single red comb types and red wattles were observed in most indigenous chicken breeds in Southern African countries. The present review concludes that the characterisation of quantitative and qualitative traits assists greatly in the differentiation and identification of indigenous chicken breeds. © 2022,Online Journal of Animal and Feed Research. All Rights Reserved.
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ER  -