Production objectives and trait preferences of village poultry producers of Ethiopia: Implications for designing breeding schemes utilizing indigenous chicken genetic resources

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1519-1529

  Dana, Nigussie ^a,b   van der Waaij, Liesbeth H ^b   Dessie, Tadelle ^c   van Arendonk, Johan A M ^b  

^a Ethiopian Agricultural Research Institute   (Ethiopia)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Breeding objectives; Ethiopia; Indigenous chickens; Trait preference

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CHICKEN; ECONOMICS; ETHIOPIA; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; INBREEDING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BREEDING; CHICKENS; DATA COLLECTION; ETHIOPIA; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INBREEDING; MALE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 77956174099     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: 15737438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11250-010-9602-6     Document Type: Article

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