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Correlation Between Body Weight and Body Conformation of two Broiler Strains Under the Same Dietery Treatment
H.K. Yahaya, H. Ibrahim and S. Abdulsalam
Corresponding Author: H.K. Yahaya
Submitted: March 08, 2012
Accepted: April 08, 2012
Published: June 15, 2012 |
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The objective of this study is to estimate the correlation between body weight and body conformation
of two broiler strains. A total of 200 broiler chickens comprising of 100 Hubbard and 100 Arboracre strains
were used in the determination of their correlation between body weight and body conformation from day old
to 8 weeks (0-8 weeks) of age. Weekly body weight and body conformations like shank length, keel length,
breast width, back length and neck length were taken thrice in a week and the correlation between body weight
and the body conformations were computed at the 8th week of the experiment for both strains. Hubbard broiler
strain had the correlation of 0. 9416, 0.894, 0.861, 0.897 and 0.963 between body weight and other body
conformation while for Arboracre strain, the correlation of 0.967, 0.974, 0.882, 2.935,0.981 and 0.969 were
obtained between body weight and back length, shank length, thigh length, keel length, breast width and back
length respectively. The correlation between other body conformations range between 0.977 and 0.795, all
indicating strong positive correlations. Hence, there is a strong linear relationship between body weight, neck
length, shank length, thigh length, keel length, breast width and back length for both Hubbard and Arboracre
strains.
Key words: Broiler chickens, body conformation, body weight, correlation, , ,
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H.K. Yahaya, H. Ibrahim and S. Abdulsalam, . Correlation Between Body Weight and Body Conformation of two Broiler Strains Under the Same Dietery Treatment. International Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances, (3): 181-183.
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ISSN (Online): 2041-2908
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