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Sustainable intensification of indigenous village chicken production system: matching the genotype with the environment.
Tropical animal health and production - 22 May 2021
Desta Takele Taye
Abstract excerpt
The multi-purpose indigenous village chickens (IVCs) are kept in low- and middle-income countries. IVCs are hardy and are resilient to disease, hostile environment, global warming, and climate change. The IVCs are a little impacted by anthropogenic effects; consequently, they possess high genetic and phenotypic diversity. Likewise, the genetic structure of IVCs is principally shaped by natural selection, which...
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