Research Journal of Poultry Sciences
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Multi Variate Analyses on Morphological Traits of Local Chicken Ecotypes of Benishangul-Gumuz Region, Western Ethiopia
Habtamu Alebachew, Alemayehu Abebe, Dessie Abera, Fekadu Begna, Kedja Ahmed, Alayu Tarekegn and Diribi Mijana
Page: 22-25 | Received 21 Sep 2022, Published online: 21 Sep 2022
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Abstract
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.
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Habtamu Alebachew, Alemayehu Abebe, Dessie Abera, Fekadu Begna, Kedja Ahmed, Alayu Tarekegn and Diribi Mijana. Multi Variate Analyses on Morphological Traits of Local Chicken Ecotypes of
Benishangul-Gumuz Region, Western Ethiopia.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36478/rjpscience.2020.22.25
URL: https://www.makhillpublications.co/view-article/1993-5285/rjpscience.2020.22.25