Meat Production Potential Of Different Cross-Bred Ducklings

Ansary, E; Mahiuddin, M; Howlider, M. A. R.; Hai, Ma

doi:10.3329/bjas.v37i2.9885

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“…Pekin is mainly raised for meat production and the main goal for crossing ducks with this breed is to improve meatiness (Kokoszynski and Bernacki, 2011;Xie et al, 2014). In a crossbreeding study with Pekin, Deshi and Jinding ducks, the breast meat yield was found significantly higher (P<0.05) in (Pekin × Pekin) than that of (Pekin × Deshi) and (Pekin × Jinding) crossbreds (Ansary et al, 2008) and is consistent with the present study. Similar to the present findings, Kokoszyński et al (2019) found significant effects on preslaughter body weight, carcass weight, breast muscle yield, neck weight, liver weight and gizzard percentage among the three lines of Pekin ducks.…”

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Morphology, Morphometry, Growth Performance and Carcass Characteristics of Pekin, Nageswari and Their F1 Crossbred Ducks under Intensive Management

Ahmad¹,

Nandita²,

Maruf³

et al. 2021

Korean J. Poult. Sci.

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This study investigated the morphological features, growth, and meat yield performance of Pekin (P), Nageswari (N), and their reciprocal F 1 crossbreds (P♂×N♀ and N♂×P♀). A total of 301-day-old ducklings were reared in four different pens up to 20 weeks of age under intensive management conditions. Feeding and management practices were similar for all individuals throughout the experimental period. The morphology and plumage pattern of F 1 crossbreds were similar to those of indigenous Nageswari ducks because of the dominant inheritance of the extended Black allele (E locus). Genotype had significant differences (P<0.05) among the four genotypes in morphometric measurements, except wing and shank length. Growth performance was highly significant among the four genotypes (P<0.001) from one-day to 12 weeks of age. The average live weights of P, N, P♂×N♀ and N♂×P♀ crossbred genotypes at 12 weeks of age were 2038.35±29.74, 1542.44±33.61, 1851.85±28.59 and 1691.08±27.80 g, respectively. Meat yield parameters varied significantly (P<0.05) among the different genotypes for all studied traits, except for liver and gizzard weight. Moreover, no significant differences (P>0.05) were observed between P and P♂×N♀ crossbred for important meat yield traits such as hot carcass weight, dressing%, back half weight, drumstick with thigh weight and breast meat weight. Remarkably, the P♂×N♀ crossbreed possesses 50% native inheritance, which contributes to better adaptation in a hot-humid environment. Our results revealed that the P♂×N♀ genotype could be suitable for higher meat production with better adaptability in the agro-climatic conditions of Bangladesh.

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confidence: 90%