Evaluation of growth performance and feed efficiency in reciprocal crosses of Fayoumi with three exotic chicken breeds

Negash, Fikrineh; Abegaz, Solomon; Tadesse, Yosef; Jembere, Temesgen; Esatu, Wondmeneh; Dessie, Tadelle

doi:10.1080/09064702.2023.2168743

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“…The study also indicated that under farm conditions of Bangladesh IDC♂ × Fay♀ chickens adapted better when compared to the IDC♂ × WLH♀. These findings too are in close accordance with those from the previous studies which indicated that Fayoumi chickens have a better adaptability vis-a-vis those of White Leghorns at the farmer's level and therefore, the upgraded genotypes with Fayoumi genotypes have better adaptability to hot and humid condition of Bangladesh (Balcha et al, 2021;Negash et al, 2023).…”

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confidence: 91%

Performances and adaptability of two upgraded dwarf layers under smallholder farmers’ condition

Hassin,

Ferdaus,

Atiquzzaman

et al. 2024

Asian J. Med. Biol. Res.

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Upgrading of indigenous chicken with exotic breed is an important way to improve their productivity for the traits of economic interest. The experiment was conducted to evaluate the productivity, profitability and adaptability of two up-graded dwarf chicken populations under smallholder farmers’ condition. A total of 72 birds of third generation (F3) of Dwarf-Fayoumi (IDC♂ × Fay♀) and Dwarf-Leghorn (IDC♂ × WLH♀) at 12 weeks of age were distributed to 12 farmers nearby three villages (Kewatkhali, Boyra, Sutiakhali) of Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh. Birds were reared at farmers’ house for a period of 16 weeks with same feeding and management practices. Farmers were grouped into two (6 farmers in each group) for allocating IDC♂ × Fay♀ and IDC♂ × WLH♀ upgraded genotypes. Each farmer was given six birds of same genotype. The study revealed that IDC♂× Fay♀ pullets showed earlier sexual maturity (147.50±0.76 days) and lower feed intake (74.55±0.23 g/bird/day) and thus had a better FCR (2.98±0.02) during the experimental period. The corresponding values were found 169.83±1.35 days, 76.07±0.19 g/bird/day and 3.51±0.02, in IDC♂ × WLH♀ genotype. Moreover, among the production traits considered egg mass, hen day egg production, performance efficiency index and egg feed price ratio were found higher among the IDC♂× Fay♀ pullets as 25.07±0.20 g/bird/day, 37.48±0.43%, 21.22±0.95, and 1.175±0.015, respectively. The survivability of IDC♂ × Fay♀ and IDC♂ × WLH♀ upgraded genotypes were 94.4 and 77.7%, respectively during the experimental period. Therefore, it can be concluded that the IDC♂ × Fay♀ pullets were found more productive, profitable and had better adaptability than IDC♂ × WLH♀ pullets under smallholder farmers’ management. The resultant IDC♂ × Fay♀ upgraded chicken could be utilized as mini layer under rural settings of Bangladesh. Asian J. Med. Biol. Res. 2024, 10(2), 80-88

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confidence: 91%

Performances and adaptability of two upgraded dwarf layers under smallholder farmers’ condition

Hassin,

Ferdaus,

Atiquzzaman

et al. 2024

Asian J. Med. Biol. Res.

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“…Several investigators confirmed the superiority of crossbreed over the pure breeds in body weight at different ages [30,19,39,34,17,13]. The average of body weight for crossbred was significantly higher than Sinai when it was cross with Hubbard.…”

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“…The reciprocal crosses of Fayoumi and Sasso also exhibited higher body weight and body weight gain compared to the purebred. Additionally, the Koekoek × Fayoumi crosses outweighed both parents at 8 weeks, while White leghorn × Fayoumi crosses were heavier than both parent breeds at 12, 16, and 20 weeks of age [20,21,13]. The reciprocal crosses of the local Egyptian breed (Sinai) with Lohmann Brown layer [12] was reported to be heavier and gained more weight than purebred parent.…”

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confidence: 97%

“…Similarly, in Ethiopia, the reciprocal crosses between Fayoumi and White leghorn gained more weight than both parents at different ages, while Fayoumi x White leghorn crossbreds outperformed two of their parents in body weight. [13]. The Rhode Island Red (RIR)-crosses exhibit a higher body weight in comparison to the Fayoumi-crosses, while the Kei local Ethiopian ecotype may owe their weight to the genetic superiority of the RIR breed in terms of body weight, which is a trait that is highly heritable and known for its non-additive genetic response to crossbreeding.…”

Section: Relative Growth Traits Performance Of Crossbred Chickenmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Numerous studies have demonstrated that crossbred chickens outperform purebred chickens in terms of growth, egg production, and egg quality traits [18,34,17,13,37]. The level of hybrid vigor, which is the measure of the superiority of the crossbred offspring, is expected to be directly proportional to the level of heterozygosity in the crosses.…”

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Relative Phenotypic Performance of Crossbred Chicken as Step in Synthetic Breed Development in Ethiopia: A Review Article

Taye,

Edea,

Hailemariam

et al. 2024

IJGG

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The present review article aims to provide and summarize synthesized information regarding some of economically important traits on reproductive and productive performance of crossbred chicken to develop both adaptive and sustainable breed to the intended beneficiaries. Most of crossing were used full diallel mating design in both direct and reciprocal ways. Growth traits, egg production traits, reproductive traits and other economically important traits of crossbred chicken were assessed in comparison to their counterpart’s purebred both native and exotic parents. In the majority of crossbreeding studies, the hybrids surpassed the original native parental breeds in various traits studied, including body weight, feed conversion ratio, age at first egg, egg production, egg weight, and egg mass. The majority of hybrids achieved sexual maturity at an earlier age, laid more eggs, and produced a greater egg mass when compared to local chickens. Eggs from the hybrids were also heavier than those from the local chickens in certain crossbreeding experiments. In overall, crossbred chickens that combine the blood of exotic and local breeds tend to perform relatively better than indigenous chickens, which are typically characterized in low production due genetics. The frequent production of F<sub>1 </sub>crossbred demands in subsequent importation of exotic parent due to produced offspring chicken are terminal genetically. Also, the degree of heterosis retained in the crossbred decreased as generation increased due recombinant ad segregations effects. To overcome such problem producing adaptive and sustainable chicken breed through synthetic breeding is crucial for developing countries like Ethiopia.

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Evaluation of reciprocal F1 crosses of Fayoumi with two exotic chicken breeds 2: additive and non-additive effects on egg quality traits

Negash,

Abegaz,

Tadesse

et al. 2023

Trop Anim Health Prod

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The current study evaluates additive and non-additive genetic variances for egg quality traits in six genotypes generated through pure mating and reciprocal crossing of Fayoumi (FM) with Koekoek (KK) and White Leghorn (WL). For each genotype, measurements were taken on 30 eggs randomly sampled at 32, 36, and 40 weeks of age to evaluate both external and internal egg quality parameters. The results revealed significant differences (P < 0.001) among the genotypes in all external quality traits and most internal quality traits, including yolk weight (YW), albumen weight (AW), and yolk height (YH). The results also showed that variations due to purebred effect (PE), general combining ability (GCA), maternal effect (ME), and specific combining ability (SCA) were significant in most traits, which reflects that both additive and non-additive variances are important for the inheritances of the parameters investigated. In most of the traits, the ME and PE were higher in KK and WL, while GCA was higher in KK and FM. The FM x WL had higher SCA than FM x KK. The results suggest the likelihood of genetic improvement in these genotypes through selection and crossbreeding strategies and/or a combination of the two.

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Evaluation of growth performance and feed efficiency in reciprocal crosses of Fayoumi with three exotic chicken breeds

Cited by 5 publications

References 47 publications

Performances and adaptability of two upgraded dwarf layers under smallholder farmers’ condition

Performances and adaptability of two upgraded dwarf layers under smallholder farmers’ condition

Relative Phenotypic Performance of Crossbred Chicken as Step in Synthetic Breed Development in Ethiopia: A Review Article

Evaluation of reciprocal F1 crosses of Fayoumi with two exotic chicken breeds 2: additive and non-additive effects on egg quality traits

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