Comparative analysis of the effect of genotype on the growth performance, carcass characteristics and economic efficiency of cobb 500 and ross 308 modern commercial broiler chickens raised in the tropics.

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This study evaluated the comparative effects of genotype on the growth performance and economic efficiency of two commercial broiler strains Cobb 500 and Ross 308 raised under tropical environmental conditions. A total of 200 day-old chicks, consisting of 100 birds from each of the two strains, were randomly assigned to five experimental groups per strain, with 20 birds per group. Birds were reared for six weeks,...

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