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Incubation characteristics, growth performance, carcass characteristics and meat quality of Saxonian Chicken and German Langshan bantam breeds in a free-range rearing system.
Veterinary medicine and science - 1 Jul 2022
Freick Markus, Herzog Marion, Rump Stefan, Vogt Isabelle, Weber Jim, John Wolfram, Schreiter Ruben
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BACKGROUND/INTRODUCTION: In the absence of evidence-based findings for Saxonian Chicken (SaChi) and German Langshan bantam (GLB), which are indigenous endangered German fancy chicken breeds, the objective of the present study was to characterise their growth performance and meat potential in an extensive free-range system METHODS: A total of 340 hatching eggs from SaChi and 439 eggs from GLB were provided by...
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