Carcass measurements of naked neck and normal chicks.docVIP

Note Carcass measurements of naked neck and normal chicks Repartment of Animal Production, Faculty of Agriculture Ain-Shams, University of Cairo, Egypt From a cross between two heterozygous parents (Nalna+) for the naked neck 10 birds were chosen at random within each sex and each of the two genotypes, Na/na+ (naked neck) and na+lna+ (normal plumage). They were slaughtered at 8 weeks of age. Morphological traits and weights of various parts of the carcass were measured. Plumage in p. 100 of body weight was highly significantly less for naked neck birds in both sexes. higher (res