Uganda chicken genetic resources: I. phenotypic and production characteristics

The extent of diversity in the indigenous chicken breeds of Uganda was assessed for their potential utilisation in breeding programmes. A total of 293 indigenous-chicken-keeping households in villages across 35 districts forming 12 sub-regions of the four regions were randomly sampled for 586 mature...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Genetics
Main Authors:	Illyass Yussif, Donald Rugira Kugonza, Marion Wilfred Okot, Peace Oliver Amuge, Rosa Costa, Filomena Dos Anjos
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-01-01
Subjects:	indigenous chickens qualitative traits Gallus gallu descriptive phenotypic traits scavenging management system phenotypic effect on morphological traits
Online Access:	https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fgene.2022.1033031/full