Phenotypic variation of native chicken populations in northwest Ethiopia

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 507-513

  Halima, Hassen ^a   Neser, F W C ^a   Van Marle Koster, E ^b   De Kock, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Native chickens; Plumage; Qualitative variables; Quantitative traits

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; ETHIOPIA; FEATHER; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTATION; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; ETHIOPIA; FEATHERS; FEMALE; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTATION; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

GALLUS GALLUS; PISUM SATIVUM;

EID: 34548529316     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-007-9032-2     Document Type: Article

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