Towards conservation of omani local chicken: Phenotypic characteristics, management practices and performance traits

B. Al-Qamashoui; O. Mahgoub; I. Kadim; E. Schlecht

doi:10.5713/ajas.2013.13541

Towards conservation of omani local chicken: Phenotypic characteristics, management practices and performance traits

B. Al-Qamashoui, O. Mahgoub, I. Kadim, E. Schlecht

Animal and Veterinary Sciences

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Abstract

Characterizing local chicken types and their mostly rural production systems is prerequisite for designing and implementing development and conservation programs. This study evaluated the management practices of small-scale chicken keepers and the phenotypic and production traits of their chickens in Oman, where conservation programs for local livestock breeds have currently started. Free-range scavenging was the dominant production system, and logistic regression analysis showed that socio-economic factors such as training in poultry keeping, household income, income from farming and gender of chicken owners influenced feeding, housing, and health care practices (p

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	767-777
Number of pages	11
Journal	Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
Volume	27
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5713/ajas.2013.13541
Publication status	Published - 2014

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Keywords

Animal Genetic Resources
Egg Production
Rural Smallholders
Scavenging System
Task Division

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Animal Science and Zoology
Food Science

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Al-Qamashoui, B., Mahgoub, O., Kadim, I., & Schlecht, E. (2014). Towards conservation of omani local chicken: Phenotypic characteristics, management practices and performance traits. Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences, 27(6), 767-777. https://doi.org/10.5713/ajas.2013.13541

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