An exploratory study on the effects of rearing system and plumage colour on performance, carcass characteristics and meat quality of local turkeys
| Autor: | Kamorudeen Kolawole Safiyu, Olajide Mark Sogunle, Lawrence Tokunbo Egbeyale, Taofik Akinyemi Shittu |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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| Zdroj: | International Journal of Health, Animal Science and Food Safety; Vol. 6 No. 1 (2019) International Journal of Health, Animal Science and Food Safety; V. 6 N. 1 (2019) International Journal of Health, Animal Science and Food Safety, Vol 6, Iss 1 (2019) |
| ISSN: | 2283-3927 |
| DOI: | 10.13130/2283-3927/10794 |
| Popis: | In a bid to improve the productive potentials of local turkeys in developing countries, a total of 240 unsexed day-old poults arranged in a 2 × 2 factorial layout into 4 treatments with two rearing systems (indoor and outdoor) and two plumage colours (white and black) were used for this study. Poults were brooded for 4 weeks followed by an acclimatization period of 2 weeks in the two different rearing systems before the commencement of the study which lasted 10 weeks. Each treatment consisting of 60 birds was further sub-divided into six replicates of 10 birds per replicate. Data obtained were subjected to Analysis of Variance in a Completely Randomized Design. Results on performance in the grower phase showed turkeys reared in indoor system recorded significantly (p International Journal of Health, Animal Science and Food Safety, Vol 6 No 1 (2019) |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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