Studies on growth performance in Kadaknath breed of poultry

摘要

ThestudiesongrowthpatternandgaininbodyweightwereconductedunderICARadhocprojectonKadaknathbreedofpoultryavailableinJhabuadistrictofMadhyaPradesh.Theoverallaveragebodyweightspooledforbothdistrictsi.e.Jhabua-I(Meghnagar)andJhabua-II(Jobat)from0to4weeksofagerangedfrom28#177;0.17to111#177;1.43g.Thepooledoverallaveragebodyweightsforboththedistrictsfrom6to20weeks(fortnightly)rangedfrom168#177;1.81to868#177;5.54gandfor6to12months(monthly)rangedfrom1003#177;5.97to1534#177;7.16g.Theaverageweeklygaininbodyweightpooledovertwodistrictsfor0-4weeks,4-20weeksand20-52weekswere21#177;2.83,48#177;2.09and22#177;1.04grespectively.TheKadaknathbirdsattain1kgbodyweightbetween6to7monthsofageandthebirdsreachedaround1.5kgat1yearofage.Thegrowthtrendsinbothsexesshowedlinearincreaseinbodyweights;however,therateofincreaseinbodyweightswashigherinmalesascomparedtofemales,thusshowingclearsexdimorphism.