Genotype x environment interactions in an exotic commercial egg strain and the local chicken of Nigeria

Six hatches of the Apollo, a commercial egg strain of chicken imported from the United Kingdom at day old and the Local chicken hatched from eggs collected all over Southwestern Nigeria were reared under modern brooding, feeding and management conditions to study genotype x environment interaction....

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Main Authors: AKINOKUN , OSU, DETTMERS, A.
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出版: The Faculty of Agriculture Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria. 2020
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description Six hatches of the Apollo, a commercial egg strain of chicken imported from the United Kingdom at day old and the Local chicken hatched from eggs collected all over Southwestern Nigeria were reared under modern brooding, feeding and management conditions to study genotype x environment interaction. Body weight, egg weight and egg production from first egg to eight months of production were recorded for each hen. Analyses of variance showed that there were significant breed x hatch interactions for age at sexual maturity, egg weight from the third month of production, and four and eight month egg production. Body weight at 12 and 20 weeks of age, weight of first egg and egg weight at first month of production did not show significant breed x hatch interaction effects. The results show that locally adapted breeds and strains are required, in view of large environmental differences between the temperate and tropical climates.
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spelling oai:ojs2.ija.oauife.edu.ng:article-2532020-08-25T12:54:38Z Genotype x environment interactions in an exotic commercial egg strain and the local chicken of Nigeria AKINOKUN , OSU DETTMERS, A. Local chicken, imported chicken, genotype x environment interaction, production performance Six hatches of the Apollo, a commercial egg strain of chicken imported from the United Kingdom at day old and the Local chicken hatched from eggs collected all over Southwestern Nigeria were reared under modern brooding, feeding and management conditions to study genotype x environment interaction. Body weight, egg weight and egg production from first egg to eight months of production were recorded for each hen. Analyses of variance showed that there were significant breed x hatch interactions for age at sexual maturity, egg weight from the third month of production, and four and eight month egg production. Body weight at 12 and 20 weeks of age, weight of first egg and egg weight at first month of production did not show significant breed x hatch interaction effects. The results show that locally adapted breeds and strains are required, in view of large environmental differences between the temperate and tropical climates. The Faculty of Agriculture Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria. 2020-08-25 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article application/pdf https://ija.oauife.edu.ng/index.php/ija/article/view/253 Ife Journal of Agriculture; Vol. 1 No. 1 (1979): Ife Journal of Agriculture; 57-62 0331-6351 eng https://ija.oauife.edu.ng/index.php/ija/article/view/253/156 Copyright (c) 2020 Ife Journal of Agriculture
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Genotype x environment interactions in an exotic commercial egg strain and the local chicken of Nigeria
title Genotype x environment interactions in an exotic commercial egg strain and the local chicken of Nigeria
title_full Genotype x environment interactions in an exotic commercial egg strain and the local chicken of Nigeria
title_fullStr Genotype x environment interactions in an exotic commercial egg strain and the local chicken of Nigeria
title_full_unstemmed Genotype x environment interactions in an exotic commercial egg strain and the local chicken of Nigeria
title_short Genotype x environment interactions in an exotic commercial egg strain and the local chicken of Nigeria
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