@article{MAKHILLJAVA20212064666,
    title = {Demonstration and Evaluation of Commercial Layer (Lohmann Brown) Breed in Benishangul
Gumuz, Western Ethiopia},
    journal = {Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances},
    volume = {20},
    number = {6},
    pages = {148-153},
    year = {2021},
    issn = {1680-5593},
    doi = {javaa.2021.148.153},
    url = {https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?issn=1680-5593&doi=javaa.2021.148.153},
    author = {Habtamu,Alemayehu and},
    keywords = {Age at first egg,commercial layer,farmer’s management,production performance,survivability},
    abstract = {This study was conducted in Assosa town,
Benishangul Gumuz, Western Ethiopia to evaluate the
performance of Lohmann Brown commercial layer
chicken breed and to introduce a small-scale commercial
poultry production packages for the urban and pri-urban
areas of Assosa. Six farmers from the town were selected
for the study. Training was given for all the participants
in regarding to poultry house construction from locally
available materials, feeding management and health care
of these breed. Each participant received 100 a day-old
chicks and an other a day-old of 300 chicks were also kept
at Assosa Agricultural Research Center (AARC), poultry
research station as a comparison. In this study, the
average survivability of the breed from day old until the
second sixteen weeks of age among the participants was
88.3% with a mortality rate of 11.7% while the average
survivability of these chickens from day old until the
second sixteen weeks of age at the research center was
96.6% with a mortality rate of 3.7%. The average weight
at 20 weeks of age was 1100.6 g and 1309.6 g,
respectively at farmer’s management and under on-station
condition. In this study, it revealed that the average age of
Lohmann Brown chicken breed at the onset of egg
production was 145.8 days under on-farm management
while 126 days at on-station condition. The hen-day egg
production under farmer’s management and under
on-station condition at 48 weeks of age was 80.5% and
93.7%, respectively. Poultry producers participated in this
research generates on average 20,518.67 Ethiopian Birr
net profits during the 72 weeks of egg production period
by considering poultry production as aside business.
Based on this study, it can be concluded that Lohmann
Brown commercial layer poultry breed can be an ideal
layer for urban and pri-urban areas of Assosa town and
similar agro-ecological areas too.}
    }