On-farm performance testing of tropically adaptable chicken strains under small holder management in three countries of sub-Saharan Africa

On-farm test of chicken strains potentially adaptable to semi-scavenging production systems in Sub-Saharan Africa was undertaken in Ethiopia, Tanzania and Nigeria. Twelve (12) chicken strains were tested in 5 zones of each country in 6348 households. Kuroiler and Sasso were common to all countries....

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Autores principales: Abegaz, Solomon, Esatu, Wondmeneh, Assefa, G., Goromela, E.H., Sonaiya, Emmanuel B., Mbaga, S.H., Adebambo, Ayotunde Olufunmilayo, Bamidele, O., Negawo, Alemayehu T., Bruno, J., Poole, Elizabeth J., Getachew, Fasil, Kasaye, H., Dessie, Tadelle
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Publicado: 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/106373
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author Abegaz, Solomon
Esatu, Wondmeneh
Assefa, G.
Goromela, E.H.
Sonaiya, Emmanuel B.
Mbaga, S.H.
Adebambo, Ayotunde Olufunmilayo
Bamidele, O.
Negawo, Alemayehu T.
Bruno, J.
Poole, Elizabeth J.
Getachew, Fasil
Kasaye, H.
Dessie, Tadelle
author_browse Abegaz, Solomon
Adebambo, Ayotunde Olufunmilayo
Assefa, G.
Bamidele, O.
Bruno, J.
Dessie, Tadelle
Esatu, Wondmeneh
Getachew, Fasil
Goromela, E.H.
Kasaye, H.
Mbaga, S.H.
Negawo, Alemayehu T.
Poole, Elizabeth J.
Sonaiya, Emmanuel B.
author_facet Abegaz, Solomon
Esatu, Wondmeneh
Assefa, G.
Goromela, E.H.
Sonaiya, Emmanuel B.
Mbaga, S.H.
Adebambo, Ayotunde Olufunmilayo
Bamidele, O.
Negawo, Alemayehu T.
Bruno, J.
Poole, Elizabeth J.
Getachew, Fasil
Kasaye, H.
Dessie, Tadelle
author_sort Abegaz, Solomon
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description On-farm test of chicken strains potentially adaptable to semi-scavenging production systems in Sub-Saharan Africa was undertaken in Ethiopia, Tanzania and Nigeria. Twelve (12) chicken strains were tested in 5 zones of each country in 6348 households. Kuroiler and Sasso were common to all countries. Four (4) and three (3) additional strains were tested in Nigeria and Ethiopia, respectively. Kuroiler and Sasso, along with Noiler and Funab Alpha in Nigera and Sasso-RIR and Koe Koek in Ethiopia showed higher growth performance than the other (improved or unimproved) varieties of indigenous chicken. In Ethiopia, the average weight of female birds of Horro strain was 56.3%, 46.2%, 44.6% and 52.4% of the weight of Koekoek, Kuroiler, Sasso and Sasso-RIR, respectively. In Tanzania Kurolier and Sasso were heavier by 345 and 364 per cent over the local unimproved chicken at 18 weeks of Age. In Nigeria the fast and slow growing strains reached 1500g and 1000 g body weight, respectively, at 18 weeks. Egg production of introduced strains were higher performance than the indigenous ones. In Ethiopia the average weekly egg production to 50 weeks of age for Horro, Koekoek, Kuroiler, Sasso, and Sasso-RIR was 4.7, 5.4, 5.8, 5.5 and 5.9 eggs, respectively. In Tanzania slightly higher egg production was observed for Sasso (160-171) than Kuroiler (156 to 158) while over 44 weeks in Nigeria, Shika Brown had higher egg production (37/bird) than Noiler Noiler (11/bird). Final choice of breeds along with designing a system for availability will be undertaken after conducting a farmer trait preference study.
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spelling CGSpace1063732025-02-19T11:21:57Z On-farm performance testing of tropically adaptable chicken strains under small holder management in three countries of sub-Saharan Africa Abegaz, Solomon Esatu, Wondmeneh Assefa, G. Goromela, E.H. Sonaiya, Emmanuel B. Mbaga, S.H. Adebambo, Ayotunde Olufunmilayo Bamidele, O. Negawo, Alemayehu T. Bruno, J. Poole, Elizabeth J. Getachew, Fasil Kasaye, H. Dessie, Tadelle breeds chickens households On-farm test of chicken strains potentially adaptable to semi-scavenging production systems in Sub-Saharan Africa was undertaken in Ethiopia, Tanzania and Nigeria. Twelve (12) chicken strains were tested in 5 zones of each country in 6348 households. Kuroiler and Sasso were common to all countries. Four (4) and three (3) additional strains were tested in Nigeria and Ethiopia, respectively. Kuroiler and Sasso, along with Noiler and Funab Alpha in Nigera and Sasso-RIR and Koe Koek in Ethiopia showed higher growth performance than the other (improved or unimproved) varieties of indigenous chicken. In Ethiopia, the average weight of female birds of Horro strain was 56.3%, 46.2%, 44.6% and 52.4% of the weight of Koekoek, Kuroiler, Sasso and Sasso-RIR, respectively. In Tanzania Kurolier and Sasso were heavier by 345 and 364 per cent over the local unimproved chicken at 18 weeks of Age. In Nigeria the fast and slow growing strains reached 1500g and 1000 g body weight, respectively, at 18 weeks. Egg production of introduced strains were higher performance than the indigenous ones. In Ethiopia the average weekly egg production to 50 weeks of age for Horro, Koekoek, Kuroiler, Sasso, and Sasso-RIR was 4.7, 5.4, 5.8, 5.5 and 5.9 eggs, respectively. In Tanzania slightly higher egg production was observed for Sasso (160-171) than Kuroiler (156 to 158) while over 44 weeks in Nigeria, Shika Brown had higher egg production (37/bird) than Noiler Noiler (11/bird). Final choice of breeds along with designing a system for availability will be undertaken after conducting a farmer trait preference study. 2019-08-02 2020-01-03T11:10:13Z 2020-01-03T11:10:13Z Conference Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/106373 en Limited Access Abegaz, S., Esatu, W., Assefa, G., Goromela, E.H., Sonaiya, E.B., Mbaga, S.H., Adebambo, O., Bamidele, O., Negawo, A.T., Bruno, J., Poole, J., Getachew, F., Kasaye, H. and Dessie, T. 2019. On-farm performance testing of tropically adaptable chicken strains under small holder management in three countries of sub-Saharan Africa. Paper presented at the Seventh All Africa conference on Animal Agriculture, Accra, Ghana, 29 July - 2 August.
spellingShingle breeds
chickens
households
Abegaz, Solomon
Esatu, Wondmeneh
Assefa, G.
Goromela, E.H.
Sonaiya, Emmanuel B.
Mbaga, S.H.
Adebambo, Ayotunde Olufunmilayo
Bamidele, O.
Negawo, Alemayehu T.
Bruno, J.
Poole, Elizabeth J.
Getachew, Fasil
Kasaye, H.
Dessie, Tadelle
On-farm performance testing of tropically adaptable chicken strains under small holder management in three countries of sub-Saharan Africa
title On-farm performance testing of tropically adaptable chicken strains under small holder management in three countries of sub-Saharan Africa
title_full On-farm performance testing of tropically adaptable chicken strains under small holder management in three countries of sub-Saharan Africa
title_fullStr On-farm performance testing of tropically adaptable chicken strains under small holder management in three countries of sub-Saharan Africa
title_full_unstemmed On-farm performance testing of tropically adaptable chicken strains under small holder management in three countries of sub-Saharan Africa
title_short On-farm performance testing of tropically adaptable chicken strains under small holder management in three countries of sub-Saharan Africa
title_sort on farm performance testing of tropically adaptable chicken strains under small holder management in three countries of sub saharan africa
topic breeds
chickens
households
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/106373
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