Article
Haematological studies on frizzled and naked neck genotypes of Nigerian native chickens.
Tropical animal health and production - 1 Mar 2011
Peters Sunday Olusola, Gunn Hollinshead Holly, Imumorin Ikhide Godwin, Agaviezor Brilliant Ogagaoghene, Ikeobi Christian Obiora Ndubuisi
Abstract excerpt
Variation in haematological parameters of Nigerian native chickens was studied using 60 clinically normal frizzle-feathered, naked-neck, and normal-feathered native chickens. These included red blood cell count, haemoglobin, packed cell volume, white blood cell count, mean corpuscular volume, mean corpuscular haemoglobin concentration, serum glucose, urea, cholesterol, albumin, globulin and creatinine....
Topics
- Animals
- Chickens
- Erythrocyte Count
- Feathers
- Female
- Genetic Variation
- Genotype
- Hematocrit
- Hemoglobins
- Least-Squares Analysis
- Leukocyte Count
- Male
- Nigeria
