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http://dx.doi.org/10.5536/KJPS.2013.40.3.263

Influence of Early- and Late-feathering Phenotype on Productive Performance in the Feather-sexing Strains of Korean Native Chicken  

Sohn, Sea Hwan (Department of Animal Science and Biotechnology, Gyeongnam National University of Science and Technology)
Kim, Na Young (Department of Animal Science and Biotechnology, Gyeongnam National University of Science and Technology)
Park, Dhan Bee (Department of Animal Science and Biotechnology, Gyeongnam National University of Science and Technology)
Song, Hae Ran (Department of Animal Science and Biotechnology, Gyeongnam National University of Science and Technology)
Cho, Eun Jung (Department of Animal Science and Biotechnology, Gyeongnam National University of Science and Technology)
Choi, Seong Bok (National Institute of Animal Science, RDA)
Heo, Kang Nyeong (National Institute of Animal Science, RDA)
Choi, Hee Cheol (National Institute of Animal Science, RDA)
Publication Information
Korean Journal of Poultry Science / v.40, no.3, 2013 , pp. 263-270 More about this Journal
Abstract
The vent sexing and the auto-sexing by using sex-linked traits are general sexing methods of day-old chicks. Currently, the feather sexing which is based on the differences in the feather characteristics at hatching is the representative sexing method of chicken, because the late-feathering is sex-linked trait. The feather sexing can be used if the breed has dominant feathering gene (K) in maternal and recessive gene ($k^+$) in paternal. Therefore it is necessary to identify the association of feathering genes and quantitative traits in chickens. In this study, we investigated the influence of the rate of feathering on productive traits in Korean Native Chicken. In results, there was no significant difference between early-feathering chickens and late-feathering chickens in reproductive performance such as fertility and hatchability. Livability, body weights, egg production, egg weight and egg quality also did not significantly differ between early- and late-feathering chickens. Age at first egg was the only trait of those tested in which significant difference was observed. The early-feathering chickens laid eggs 3 days earlier than late-feathering chicken. As a result, there is no influence of feathering phenotypes on productive performance in Korean Native Chickens. Consequentially, establishing the feather sexing strain is available using the Korean Native Chicken breed without considering of the effect of feathering genes on productive traits.
Keywords
feather sexing; early-feathering chicken; late-feathering chicken; productive performance; Korean native chicken;
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