TY  - JOUR
T1  - Multi Variate Analyses on Morphological Traits of Local Chicken Ecotypes of
Benishangul-Gumuz Region, Western Ethiopia
AU - Alebachew, Habtamu AU - Abebe, Alemayehu AU - Abera, Dessie AU - Begna, Fekadu AU - Ahmed, Kedja AU - Tarekegn, Alayu AU - Mijana, Diribi 
JO  - Research Journal of Poultry Sciences
VL  - 13
IS  - 4
SP  - 22
EP  - 25
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1993-5285
DO  - rjpscience.2020.22.25
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=rjpscience.2020.22.25
KW  - Benishangul Gumuz
KW  -chicken ecotype
KW  -discriminant analysis
KW  -morphological variation
KW  -characterization
AB  - This study was conducted in four districts of
Benishangul Gumuz regional state Western Ethiopia to
characterize local chicken population based on
morphological variation using multi variate discriminant
analyses. A total of 847 matured local chickens (619
females and 228 males) were randomly sampled from the
study are and twenty morphometric traits were measured.
Based on a discriminant analysis, sample chicken
populations were classified into their respective ecotypes
with overall hitting rate of (85.73%) for females and
(87.85%) for males. Step wise discriminant analysis
identified back length, beak length, wing span and neck
length to have more discriminating power causing
morphological variation among female chicken ecotypes.
Similarly, best variables that discriminated male sample
chicken ecotypes were back length, neck length and beak
length and breast circumference. The study revealed that
most of the parameters measured revealed distinctive
variations among ecotypes. The present phenotypic
information will be the basis for further characterization,
conservation and selection strategies for the local chicken
population in the study area.
ER  -