Sexual Dimorphism in A Cross River Ecotype Local Chicken – Rose Comb (Gallus gallus domesticus)
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https://doi.org/10.24203/ajas.v8i3.6150Keywords:
Sexual dimorphism; Local chicken; Rose comb; Gallus gallus domesticus; Cross River; SDI; SSDIAbstract
Sexual dimorphism in the local chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus)-Rose Comb- in Cross River was investigated. Sixty (60) male and female Gallus gallus domesticus chickens were evaluated for the effect of sex on body weight (BW), body length (BL), body girth (BG), thigh length(TL), shank length (SL) and keel length (KL) which were measured fortnightly for twelve (12) weeks. Sexual Size Dimorphism Index (SSDI) and Sexual Dimorphism Index (SDI) were used to confirm relative contribution of each trait to total dimorphism. The values obtained for SSDI and SDI respectively were 1.61 and 61% for BW; 1.26 and 26.52% for TL; 1.23 and 23.81% for SL; 1.22 and 21.50% for BL; 1.18 and 18.20% for BG; 1.17 and 17.94% for KL. To identify the best trait for predicting sex, stepwise discriminate analysis was employed and the Wilk’s Lamda values obtained were BW(0.471); TL(0.452); SL(0.401); BL(0.283); BG(0.272) and KL(0.271). Results showed that there were significant (p<0.05) differences in all measured parameters at week 6 with mean BW, BL, BG, SL, KL and TL of 300.01 and 253.24; 22 and 18.62; 5.20 and 3.98; 4.60 and 3.50; 5.50 and 3.90; 13.10 and 11.20 for both male and female birds respectively. These results indicate that sexual dimorphism is exhibited in all morphometric traits in favor of the male with BW as the highest dimorphic trait.
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Burke, W. H. and Snarp, P. J. (1989). Sex difference in body weight of chicken embrvos. Poultry Sci. 14:329-340.
Coyne J.A., Kay E.H., Pruett-Jones S. (2007). The genetic basis of sexual dimorphism in birds. Evolution, 62, 1: 214–219.
Farrell, D. J. Cumming, R. B. and Hardaker, J. B. (1973). The effect of dietary energy concentration on growth rate and conversion of British Poultry Sci. 14:329-340.
Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO). (2009). The global plan of action for animal genetic resources and the Interlaken declaration on animal genetic resources. International Conference on animal genetic resources for food and Agriculture Interlaken, Switzerland.
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Gehle, M. H. Powell, T. S. and Arendo, L. G. (1974). Effects of different feeding regimes on performance of broiler chickens reared sexes separate or combined. Poultry Sci. 53:1543-1548.
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Khan. A.G., Poulouse, M.V. and Chakraborti, S,(1975). Sexual dimorphism in the weight of chicks. British Poultry Sci. 1 6:637-639.
Lang. B.J., Collins,W.M., Palmar, D.H and Skoglund, W.C. (1960). Relationship of sex separation to individual variation in body weight and to experimental error. Poultry Sci. 39:1578-1579.
Le Behan – Dual, E., 2004. Genetic variability within and between breeds of poultry technological meat quality. World Poultry Science Journal, 60 : 331-340.
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Meijerhof, R. (1988). Separate sex feeding at the Dutch regional experimental poultry farms. Proc, of the 4th International Poultry Breeders Conf. pp.40-46.
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Omeje, S.S.I and C.C. Nwosu, 1983. Egg production patterns in local chickens and their crosses in short term. Nig. Journal of Anim. Prod., 10: 91-96.
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Peterson, T., and L. Brisbin. (1999). Genetic endangerment of wild Red Jungle fowl Gallus gallus. Bird Conservation International, 9: 387-394.
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Sexual Dimorphism in A Cross River Ecotype Local Chicken – Rose Comb (Gallus gallus domesticus). (2020). Asian Journal of Applied Sciences, 8(3). https://doi.org/10.24203/ajas.v8i3.6150
