Comparative study of growth performance, meat quality and haematological parameters of Fayoumi, Rhode Island Red and their reciprocal crossbred chickens

A total of 2001 unsexed day-old-chicks of each Fayoumi, Rhode Island Red (RIR), RIR × Fayoumi (RIFI) and Fayoumi × RIR (FIRI) were obtained from hatchery of Poultry Research Institute, Rawalpindi. The birds were maintained on deep litter system for a period of 20 weeks. The results revealed that the...

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Main Authors: Abida Parveen, Nasir Mukhtar, Sohail Hassan Khan, Tabinda Khawaja
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2012-04-01
Series:Italian Journal of Animal Science
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Online Access:http://www.aspajournal.it/index.php/ijas/article/view/2485