Year: 2016 | Month: February | Volume 6 | Issue 1
Comparative Assessment of Carcass Traits in Indigenous Chicken
Abstract:
A study was conducted to find out the differences in carcass traits among the Cobb-400, Vanraja, Aseel and Kadaknath Breeds of chicken. Cobb-400 showed significantly (P<0.05) higher live weight and dressing percentage than indigenous breeds (Vanrja, Aseel and Kadaknath) at the age of six week. Hot carcass weight as well as cold carcass weight were significantly (P<0.05) higher in comparison to studied indigenous breeds. The same pattern was reported for meat bone ratio and meat yield. Among all indigenous breeds Aseel showed highest live weight, dressing percentage, hot and cold carcass weight as well as meat bone ratio and meat yield. However, these values were comparable between Vanraja and Kadaknath breeds. The carcass traits values overall had lower values than most of the studied reports which might be due to lower slaughter age of indigenous breed used in present study. So the need is to upgrade the growth status of indigenous chicken breeds to meet out the daunting demand of meat of these breeds.
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