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Tracing the growth of crossbred village (kampung) chickens from hatch till maturity.

Two popular strains of Malaysian crossbred kampung chickens were utilized for the purpose of gathering fundamental growth information, from hatch till the age of sexual maturity at 22 weeks. These birds comprised equal number of males and females. For both strains and sexes, similar sigmoid growth...

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Main Author: Engku Ahmed, Engku Azahan
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Language:English
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Published: Malaysian Society of Animal Production 2011
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/25401/1/Tracing%20the%20growth%20of%20crossbred%20village.pdf
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spelling my.upm.eprints.254012015-09-10T01:38:28Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/25401/ Tracing the growth of crossbred village (kampung) chickens from hatch till maturity. Engku Ahmed, Engku Azahan Two popular strains of Malaysian crossbred kampung chickens were utilized for the purpose of gathering fundamental growth information, from hatch till the age of sexual maturity at 22 weeks. These birds comprised equal number of males and females. For both strains and sexes, similar sigmoid growth curves and patterns were exhibited. A phase of accelerated growth observed reached a point of inflection (POI) at the ages of between 8 and 9 weeks. The POI was coincident with maximum growth rate which then started to decline until maturity. Male birds were significantly superior to females from week 8 onwards, the superiority being most apparent between weeks 9 and 15 when significant differences in body weight gains were also observed. Malaysian Society of Animal Production 2011 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/25401/1/Tracing%20the%20growth%20of%20crossbred%20village.pdf Engku Ahmed, Engku Azahan (2011) Tracing the growth of crossbred village (kampung) chickens from hatch till maturity. Malaysian Journal of Animal Science, 14 (1). pp. 1-5. ISSN 1394-322 English
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description Two popular strains of Malaysian crossbred kampung chickens were utilized for the purpose of gathering fundamental growth information, from hatch till the age of sexual maturity at 22 weeks. These birds comprised equal number of males and females. For both strains and sexes, similar sigmoid growth curves and patterns were exhibited. A phase of accelerated growth observed reached a point of inflection (POI) at the ages of between 8 and 9 weeks. The POI was coincident with maximum growth rate which then started to decline until maturity. Male birds were significantly superior to females from week 8 onwards, the superiority being most apparent between weeks 9 and 15 when significant differences in body weight gains were also observed.
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Tracing the growth of crossbred village (kampung) chickens from hatch till maturity.
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title Tracing the growth of crossbred village (kampung) chickens from hatch till maturity.
title_short Tracing the growth of crossbred village (kampung) chickens from hatch till maturity.
title_full Tracing the growth of crossbred village (kampung) chickens from hatch till maturity.
title_fullStr Tracing the growth of crossbred village (kampung) chickens from hatch till maturity.
title_full_unstemmed Tracing the growth of crossbred village (kampung) chickens from hatch till maturity.
title_sort tracing the growth of crossbred village (kampung) chickens from hatch till maturity.
publisher Malaysian Society of Animal Production
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url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/25401/1/Tracing%20the%20growth%20of%20crossbred%20village.pdf
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