CORRELATION BETWEEN BODY WEIGHT AND MORPHOMETRIC TRAITS IN ISA BROWN AND FULANI ECOTYPE CHICKENS IN SOUTHERN GUINEA SAVANNAH OF NIGERIA
1 Department of Animal Production, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ilorin. P.M.B. 1515, Ilorin, Nigeria.
* Corresponding author: fayetiro@yahoo.com
* Corresponding author: fayetiro@yahoo.com
Abstract
Data on 400 chickens was used to estimate the correlation between body weight (BWT) and
morphometric traits in young and adult Isa brown and Fulani ecotype chickens. Shank length had
the highest correlation with BWT in young birds of both genotypes (0.87-0.92). All the
morphometric traits measured in young birds were significantly (P
Keywords
Adaptation
body weight
correlation
Fulani ecotype
morphometric
How to Cite
R, F. T., & F, O. M. (2016). CORRELATION BETWEEN BODY WEIGHT AND MORPHOMETRIC TRAITS IN ISA BROWN AND FULANI ECOTYPE CHICKENS IN SOUTHERN GUINEA SAVANNAH OF NIGERIA. Gashua Journal of Irrigation and Desertification Studies, 2(2), 165-170.
F. T. R, and O. M. F, "CORRELATION BETWEEN BODY WEIGHT AND MORPHOMETRIC TRAITS IN ISA BROWN AND FULANI ECOTYPE CHICKENS IN SOUTHERN GUINEA SAVANNAH OF NIGERIA," Gashua Journal of Irrigation and Desertification Studies, vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 165-170, November 2016.
