Studies on the Effects of Season on Fertility, Hatachability and the Subsequent Growth Rates of White Leghorn and Local Strains of Chickens of Ethiopia.
1996
Teketel Forsido
Seasonal and biometeorological influences were observed in parental (feed consumption and fertility traits) and offspring (growth rate) populations in five local strains and a Leghorn group in Southern Ethiopia. Feed consumption was positively correlated with relative humidity (R=0.32**), the rate of fertility was negatively correlatedwith dry-bulb temperature (r=-0.32**), radiation intensity (r=-0.20*) and the number of sun-shine hours (r=-0.40**); the hatchability of fertile eggs was positively related to the relative humidity (r=0.3 3**). The Leghorn chickens were more affected by high temperature than the local strain in relation to egg-laying rates and fertility. Chickens consumed more feed during the cooler seasons than warmer seasons. In the offspring population body weight gains were positively associated with air temperature, radiation intensify and sunshine hours with correlations of 0.25**, 0.24** and 0.25**, respectively.
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