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The performance response of scavenging chickens to nutrient intake from scavengeable resources and from supplementation with energy and protein
(2009)
An experiment conducted under farm conditions and management determined the daily supplemental intake,
performance and nutrient specifications of scavenging chickens supplemented with energy and protein either alone
separately ...
Economic Values for Resistance to Helminthosis and Newcastle Disease in Indigenous Chicken in the Tropics
(2011)
The economic values for resistance to helminthosis and Newcastle Disease (ND) in indigenous chicken were estimated relative to egg number (EN), average daily gain (ADG, g) and live weight at 21 weeks (LW, g) using selection ...
Linking Utilisation and Conservation of Indigenous Chicken Genetic Resources to Value Chains
(2012)
Indigenous chicken (IC) is the most common type of chicken raised in most rural parts of Africa.The objective of this paper was to link utilisation and conservation of IC genetic resources to value chains. The study was ...
Carrier status for Listeria monocytogenes and other Listeria species in free range farm and market healthy indigenous chickens and ducks.
(2004-10)
BACKGROUND:
Listeria organisms are documented to be zoonotic; one of the sources of infection is the domestic fowl where it could occur as in apparent infection. The carriage of Listeria monocytogenes and other Listeria ...
Hatchability and fertility of indigenous chicken and duck eggs, and some causes of chick and duckling mortality in Kenya
(2007)
Flocks under study are located in the suburbs of Nairobi province and Machakos district. They belonged to smallholder farmers. Twenty seven clutches of eggs given to indigenous chickens to seat on, and 10 clutches of eggs ...