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Growth performance of Nigerian local chickens in crosses involving an exotic broiler breeder

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Six-hundred-and-seven-day-old chicks were generated from Nigerian local chickens consisting of three genotypes (Normal-feathered; Frizzled-feathered; Naked neck) and an exotic broiler breeder (Anak Titan) to evaluate growth performance for possible meat-type chicken development. Growth parameters measured were body weight, breast girth and keel length on weekly basis for 20 weeks. Effects of sire, dam and chick genotypes were significant (P < 0.001) on growth traits. At week 20, chickens sired by the Anak Titan weighed 1,614.82 g followed by Normal-feathered local chickens with body weight of 1,211.32 g. Progenies of Anak Titan and Naked neck dams weighed 1,761.96 and 1,292.80 g at week 20, respectively. Among purebreds, Anak Titan weighed 35.05 g at day-old and had heaviest body weight of 2,360.29 g at 20 weeks compared to the three local strains. The average body weights for the crossbred, Normal-feathered×Anak Titan at day-old and week 20 were 36.39 and 1,577.63 g, respectively. This was followed by Anak Titan×Naked neck with 33.32 g at day-old and 1,514.14 g at week 20. Sex had significant effect (P < 0.05) at weeks 16 and 20 with the males having higher mean values than their female counterparts. This study revealed that crosses involving Anak Titan sire×Naked neck dam had highest growth performance, and there was no strain differences among the growth performance of purebred Nigerian local chickens.

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The authors are grateful to the Research and Development Centre, University of Agriculture, Abeokuta for providing research grant (RG 206) to support this work.

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  1. Department of Animal Breeding and Genetics, P.M.B. 2240, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria

    M. A. Adeleke, S. O. Peters, M. O. Ozoje, C. O. N. Ikeobi & Olufunmilayo A. Adebambo

  2. Department of Animal and Range Sciences, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, 88003, USA

    S. O. Peters

  3. Department of Animal Nutrition, University of Agriculture, P.M.B. 2240, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria

    A. M. Bamgbose

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Adeleke, M.A., Peters, S.O., Ozoje, M.O. et al. Growth performance of Nigerian local chickens in crosses involving an exotic broiler breeder. Trop Anim Health Prod 43, 643–650 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11250-010-9747-3

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