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Egg and meat production performances of two varieties of the local Ardennaise poultry breed: silver black and golden black
Moula, Nassim; Michaux, Charles; Philippe, François-Xavier et al.
2013In Animal Genetic Resources, 53 (2), p. 57-67
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Keywords :
Ardennaise breed; poultry diversity; morphology; broiler and laying performances
Abstract :
[en] The Ardennaise breed is emblematic of the Belgian poultry diversity. We compared two varieties of the breed, the golden black and the silver black. The comparison encompassed: (i) the morphology of adult birds, (ii) the growth, carcass characteristics and meat quality of broilers 22 weeks old, (iii) the laying rate during 52 weeks and the egg quality. Significant differences were observed in the size of mature males and females: body weight, diameter and length of the tarsus, size of the comb and wattles. The two varieties did not differ concerning the carcass and meat quality traits. The golden black has a higher laying rate and a higher yolk / albumen ratio, but lays lighter eggs. It could be interesting to complete this study by molecular markers analysis to evaluate the degree of genetic diversity between the two varieties.
Disciplines :
Animal production & animal husbandry
Author, co-author :
Moula, Nassim  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Scientifiques attachés au Doyen (F MV)
Michaux, Charles ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de productions animales > Biostatistique, économie, sélection animale
Philippe, François-Xavier ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de productions animales > Département de productions animales
Antoine-Moussiaux, Nicolas  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de productions animales > Biostatistique, économie, sélection animale
Leroy, Pascal ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de productions animales > Biostatistique, économie, sélection animale
Language :
English
Title :
Egg and meat production performances of two varieties of the local Ardennaise poultry breed: silver black and golden black
Publication date :
December 2013
Journal title :
Animal Genetic Resources
ISSN :
2078-6336
eISSN :
2078-6344
Publisher :
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Rome, Italy
Volume :
53
Issue :
2
Pages :
57-67
Peer reviewed :
Peer reviewed
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