Morphostructural Characteristics of Three Varieties of Greybreasted Helmeted Guinea Fowl in Nigeria

Three hundred eggs were obtained from settlements around New Bussa, Niger state during the month of August 2006 and transported to Ekiti state by road. 93.33 % of the three hundred (300) eggs collected were selected for hatching. The eggs were hatched at the aviary unitof Ekiti state Agricultural De...

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Autor principal:	Fajemilehin,S. O. K
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Sociedad Chilena de Anatomía 2010
Materias:	Aviary Keets Downy feather Body weight Linear measurement
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spelling	oai:scielo:S0717-950220100002000362010-10-21Morphostructural Characteristics of Three Varieties of Greybreasted Helmeted Guinea Fowl in NigeriaFajemilehin,S. O. K Aviary Keets Downy feather Body weight Linear measurement Three hundred eggs were obtained from settlements around New Bussa, Niger state during the month of August 2006 and transported to Ekiti state by road. 93.33 % of the three hundred (300) eggs collected were selected for hatching. The eggs were hatched at the aviary unitof Ekiti state Agricultural Development Project, Ikole Ekiti, Nigeria. At hatching the keets were separated on the basis of their plumage colours as shown by the distinct difference in the colour of the downy feathers of the keets into three genotypes, pearl, ash and black. The keets of each genotype were randomly allocated to brooder rooms where they were floor brooded using kerosene stove. The keets were fed with diet containing 24% CP, 3000 kcal/kg ME and water ad libitum for the first 8 weeks at the brooder house and fed diets containing 18 % CP, 2850 kcal/kg ME and water ad libitum for the last phase of the experiment. Measurements were taken every fourteen (14) days on body weight and body linear measurements on shank length, drumstick length, keel length, body girth, body length and wing length. The results showed that the birds demonstrated low body weights and small body size in all the parameters examined.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSociedad Chilena de AnatomíaInternational Journal of Morphology v.28 n.2 20102010-06-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-95022010000200036en10.4067/S0717-95022010000200036
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spellingShingle	Aviary Keets Downy feather Body weight Linear measurement Fajemilehin,S. O. K Morphostructural Characteristics of Three Varieties of Greybreasted Helmeted Guinea Fowl in Nigeria
description	Three hundred eggs were obtained from settlements around New Bussa, Niger state during the month of August 2006 and transported to Ekiti state by road. 93.33 % of the three hundred (300) eggs collected were selected for hatching. The eggs were hatched at the aviary unitof Ekiti state Agricultural Development Project, Ikole Ekiti, Nigeria. At hatching the keets were separated on the basis of their plumage colours as shown by the distinct difference in the colour of the downy feathers of the keets into three genotypes, pearl, ash and black. The keets of each genotype were randomly allocated to brooder rooms where they were floor brooded using kerosene stove. The keets were fed with diet containing 24% CP, 3000 kcal/kg ME and water ad libitum for the first 8 weeks at the brooder house and fed diets containing 18 % CP, 2850 kcal/kg ME and water ad libitum for the last phase of the experiment. Measurements were taken every fourteen (14) days on body weight and body linear measurements on shank length, drumstick length, keel length, body girth, body length and wing length. The results showed that the birds demonstrated low body weights and small body size in all the parameters examined.
author	Fajemilehin,S. O. K
author_facet	Fajemilehin,S. O. K
author_sort	Fajemilehin,S. O. K
title	Morphostructural Characteristics of Three Varieties of Greybreasted Helmeted Guinea Fowl in Nigeria
title_short	Morphostructural Characteristics of Three Varieties of Greybreasted Helmeted Guinea Fowl in Nigeria
title_full	Morphostructural Characteristics of Three Varieties of Greybreasted Helmeted Guinea Fowl in Nigeria
title_fullStr	Morphostructural Characteristics of Three Varieties of Greybreasted Helmeted Guinea Fowl in Nigeria
title_full_unstemmed	Morphostructural Characteristics of Three Varieties of Greybreasted Helmeted Guinea Fowl in Nigeria
title_sort	morphostructural characteristics of three varieties of greybreasted helmeted guinea fowl in nigeria
publisher	Sociedad Chilena de Anatomía
publishDate	2010
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Morphostructural Characteristics of Three Varieties of Greybreasted Helmeted Guinea Fowl in Nigeria

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