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DOI: 10.31248/JASVM
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Heterosis and combining ability for body weight and morphometric traits in a diallel cross of Funaab alpha chickens
https://doi.org/10.31248/JASVM2024.468 | Article Number: CFB9E4628 | Vol.9 (6) - December 2024
Received Date: 14 August 2024 | Accepted Date: 25 November 2024 | Published Date: 30 December 2024
Authors: H.M. Ideozu* , V. U. Oleforuh-Okoleh , V. W. Okachi and G. W. Etekpe
Keywords: heterosis, general combining ability, Diallel cross, FUNAAB alpha, growth traits.
This study was carried out to evaluate heterosis and combining ability for growth traits in a diallel cross of two strains of FUNAAB Alpha chickens. Sixty hens comprising thirty white plumage and thirty black plumage colours aged between 17-18 weeks were used. The experiment which lasted for 5 months, considered such growth traits as: Body Weight (BW), Body Length (BL), Chest Girth (CG), Shank Length (SL), Shank Circumference (SC), Comb Height (CH) and Comb Length (CL). The study was based on heterosis and diallel cross of growth traits (Hatch to 20 weeks of age). Data obtained were subjected to statistical analysis using IBM SPSS (Version 20, 2016). The result indicated that a significant disparity (p<0.05) existed between White plumage and Black plumage chickens in all characters studied. White FUNAAB Alpha was 12.46% heavier than the Black FUNAAB Alpha. In the main cross of W♂ x B♀ and reciprocal cross of B♂ x W♀, the reciprocal (B♂ x W♀) cross was 6.82% heavier than the W♂ x B♀ at day old, although, at 20 weeks of age, the W♂ x B♀ cross was 1.77% heavier than the B♂ x W♀ cross for body weight. The result of heterosis percentage revealed that heterosis estimates for body weight at hatch, 4 and 8 weeks of age was positive and higher in the black FUNAAB Alpha male x white FUNAAB Alpha female (B♂ x W♀). The main cross (W♂ x B♀) had superior heterosis for body length at hatch, 12 to 20 weeks of age.
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