Commercial breed has taken over the Algerian poultry production market which participated in the weakening of the village poultry farming, highly dominant prior to the 1980s. Fortunately, the dietary preferences of consumers, strongly participated in the preservation of the local animal breed diversity. In this context, the aim of this work was to study the growth performances and meat quality of 3 local chicken phenotypes versus commercial broiler chicken in the same breeding conditions in the region of Chlef in Algeria. A week after hatching, 4 randomly chosen samples of 30 chicks from each phenotype normal plumage free-range chicken (NPFRC), crested free-range chicken (CFRC), feathered tarsus free-range chicken (FTFRC) and commercial broiler chicken (CBC) were reared from the age of 1 st until 8 th week (slaughter age). The three local breed (FTFRC, CFRC and NPFRC) had the comparable body weight, but low (p < 0.05) to those of CBC. In terms of meat quality, the principal components analysis (PCA) and the analysis of variance showed that the free-range chickens were more interesting than the commercial broiler chicken very fat, especially the crested phenotype (CFRC), due to its very high protein 24.6% and very low fat content 1.20%.Crescimento e qualidade de carne de três galinhas de livre-gama e grelha comercial nas mesmas condições de criação RESUMO. Raça comercial de aves tem assumido papel importante no mercado de produção de aves na Argélia que determinou uma redução na produção caipira, altamente dominante antes dos anos oitenta. Felizmente, as preferências dietéticas de consumidores, fortemente contribuiu para preservação da diversidade das raças locais. Neste contexto, o objetivo deste trabalho foi estudar o desempenho animal e qualidade de carne de 3 fenótipos de galinha locais versus galinha de linhagem comercial na mesma criação na região de Chlef na Argélia. Uma semana depois de chocar, 4 amostras foram escolhidas ao acaso de 30 pintinhos de cada fenótipo galinha comum de plumagem normal (NPFRC), criadas galinha comum coroada (CFRC), galinha comum de perna emplumada (FTFRC) e galinha de linhagem comercial (CBC) de 1ª a 8ª semana de idade. A três raças comuns (FTFRC, CFRC e NPFRC) tiveram o peso de corpo comparável, mas menor (p < 0.05) do que para a linhagem CBC. Em termos de qualidade de carne, a análise de componentes principais (PCA) e a análise de discrepância mostrou que as galinhas comuns eram mais interessantes que a galinha de linhagem comercial (muito gorda), especialmente o fenótipo coroado (CFRC), devido ao seu elevado teor em proteína (24.6%) e baixo conteúdo de gordura (1.20%).
La reproduction contribue directement à la rentabilité des élevages et les performances associées sont synthétisées dans des indicateurs économiques centraux dans l’analyse des performances globales des systèmes d’élevages. L’activité sexuelle et ainsi les performances reproductives des brebis sont affectées par des facteurs environnementaux, en premier lieu la photopériode. La brebis Ouled Djellal, naturellement davantage désaisonnée que d’autres races ovines, est peu sensible au facteur photopériodique, parvenant ainsi à maintenir des cycles sexuels pendant la majeure partie de l’année et exprimant peu d’anoestrus saisonnier. Les performances reproductives de cette race n’étant que partiellement exploitées, la présente étude a visé à les caractériser dans la région de Chlef, Algérie. Elle a concerné 834 brebis Ouled Djellal réparties dans 20 exploitations localisées dans différentes communes avec 417 brebis pour chaque saison. Les brebis étaient âgées de trois à cinq ans, et soumises à la photopériode et aux températures naturelles. Les paramètres reproductifs analysés à l’automne et au printemps ont été les taux de fertilité, de fécondité, de prolificité, de productivité numérique et de mortalités. A l’exception des mortalités qui ont montré une différence non significative entre l’automne et le printemps, les résultats sur les autres paramètres de performance ont mis en évidence une différence très significative (p < 0,0001) entre les deux saisons. Malgré ces différences entre saisons, dont les origines sont discutées, les performances reproductives analysées ont été globalement encourageantes pour améliorer la rentabilité des élevages de cette race.
The present study was undertaken in order to evaluate the growth performances and meat quality of three indigenous chickens phenotypes reared under extensive conditions in the region of Chlef in Algeria. A week after hatching, 3 random groups of 35 chicks from each phenotype; normal plumage free-range chicken (NPFRC), crested free-range chicken (CFRC) and naked neck free-range chicken (NNFRC) were chosen and reared in free-range conditions for 18 weeks. The highest growth performance was shown by the crested free-range chicken (CFRC). In terms of meat quality, the analysis of variance (ANOVA) showed that crested phenotype (CFRC) showed the best nutritional qualities especially proteins and moisture. The discriminant analysis revealed that CFRC and NNFRC were better in terms of tenderness and overall acceptability. As consequence of these very interesting qualities, these local breeds should be considered for extensive production in order to provide a good quality meat, while assuring their preservation
The SARS-CoV-2 disease was officially declared as a pandemic by the WHO in January 2020, representing a real international health challenge. This coronavirus has caused the largest pandemic since the Spanish flu of 1918. The present study aims to specify the impact of some factors: sex, age and chronic diseases in an Algerian population (region of chlef) of 1100 confirmed covid-19 positive patients. The results obtained showed a significant effect of patients' age (p = 0.02) and male gender (p < 0.001) on the virus contamination and on the death rate. High blood pressure, diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases represented the most significant types of comorbidities (p<0.001) in SARS-Cov-2 infection. However, a non-significant effect (p>0.05) of other associated comorbidities such as: kidney disease, cancer, chronic inflammatory bowel disease, liver disease and respiratory disease was revealed. It would be interesting later to conduct this study on a larger sample, while being interested in following the evolution of the different comorbidities after the infection by the virus, which will allow health professionals to acquire better knowledge on the evolution of post-Covid chronic pathologies that could make patients more vulnerable to the development of more severe forms of their comorbidities, and in the purpose to optimize their future management.
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