Journal of Animal Sciences and Livestock Production Open Access

Department of Animal Sciences, Wollega University, Nekemte, Ethiopia

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• Research Article   
  Growth Performances and Survival Rate of Horro, Koekoek and Dz White Feathered Chicken Breeds in Ethiopia
  Author(s): Demissu Hundie*, Gebeyehu Goshu, Berhan Tamir and Gemeda Duguma
  
  Experimental study was conducted on station with the objectives of evaluating young age survival rate and growth performances of the Horro chicken ecotype in comparison to the exotic Koekoek and synthetic DZ white feathered chicken breeds. Nine hundred day old chicks, three hundred of each breed were set into twelve chick pens and housed for the study. A 3 × 4 completely randomized experimental design was employed to evaluate survival rate, feed conversion efficiency, daily weight gain and age at maturity. The body weight measure at the end of chick’s eight weeks age revealed that the DZ white feathered chicks built up the highest body weight (320.85 g) followed by the Koekoek (309.59 g), whereas the lowest mean body weight (281.87 g) was recorded for improved Horro chicks. The study also discovered that breed of chicken, age in weeks and interactio.. View More»
  

  DOI: 10.36648/2577-0594.6.7.32

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