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Growth characteristics of an indigenous stock of guinea fowl

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Gurvinder S. Brah
Poultry Genetics Unit, Department of Animal Sciences, Punjab Agricultural University
Jagtar S. Sandhu
Poultry Genetics Unit, Department of Animal Sciences, Punjab Agricultural University
Bal K. Shingari
Livestock Production Section. Department of Animal Sciences, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana 141 004, India
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Body weight
Feed consumption
Mortality
Guinea fowl

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Growth characteristics of an indigenous stock of guinea fowl. (1984). Tropical Agriculture, 61(4). https://journals.sta.uwi.edu/ojs/index.php/ta/article/view/2349
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Abstract

Body weights of guinea fowl from hatching to 10 weeks of age were recorded at weekly interval as 24, 45, 68, 173,227,302.399, 461, 545 and 613 g. Feed consumption (per bird per day) was estimated to be 24.6, 63.8 and 96.4 g during 1-4, 4-7 and 7-10 weeks of age, respectively. Feed conversion ratios (feed consumed/gain in weight) were estimated to be 4.24, 6.14 and 9.36 during these periods. Mortality during the 10-week period was 3.7%.
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