COMPARISON OF BODY MORPHOMETRIC MEASUREMENTS AND WEIGHTS OF  FOUR CHICKEN BREEDS

O. A. Adeniyi; A. B. Ajibike; A. D. Oladepo; O. A. Oladejo; P. T. Abegunde; L. A. Olabode

doi:10.51791/njap.vi.4274

Authors

O. A. Adeniyi Oyo State College of Agriculture and Technology, PMB 10, Igboora, Oyo State
A. B. Ajibike Oyo State College of Agriculture and Technology, PMB 10, Igboora, Oyo State
A. D. Oladepo Oyo State College of Agriculture and Technology, PMB 10, Igboora, Oyo State
O. A. Oladejo Oyo State College of Agriculture and Technology, PMB 10, Igboora, Oyo State
P. T. Abegunde Oyo State College of Agriculture and Technology, PMB 10, Igboora, Oyo State
L. A. Olabode Oyo State College of Agriculture and Technology, PMB 10, Igboora, Oyo State

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51791/njap.vi.4274

Keywords:

Noiler, Arbor acre plus, FIN-aB, Fin-aP, body measurements

Abstract

The study was carried out to compare body morphometrics and weights of commercial (Noiler and Arbor acre plus) and 2 Nigerian improved chickens. A total of 100 day-old chicks (25 per genotype) which were housed separately in a deep litter pens were used for the study. . Data were collected on growth rate (body weights (BW) and body morphometric parameters :( body length (BL), body girth (BG), wing length (WL), keel bone (KB), shank length (SL), thigh length (TL), at interval of two weeks. The result revealed a significant difference (p<0.05) between breeds in body linear measurements Arbor acre had the highest BW, BL, BG, KB, SL and TL of 1084g, 30.43cm, 11.93cm, 7.433cm, and 12.98cm respectively while FUNAAB alpha pullet had the lowest value of 374g,24.79cm, 16.85cm, 0.929cm, 5.733cm and 9.63cm for BW, BL, BY, KB, SL and TL respectively . A high correlation percentage of 94%, 93%, 92% and 91% were observed between BL and SL, SL and WL, WL and BL and BW and BG respectively. It can therefore, be concluded that genotypes has effects on all the chicken studied in which the relationship between body weight and morphometric traits was found to have an important implication in the production of broilers and all other genotypes. Also there was high positive correlation between body weight and linear body measurements, as an improvement in body weight could leads to improved body morphometric.