Genetic improvement of chicken breed lines with specific adaption to tropic locations by utilization of major genes

Involved persons

• Prof. Dr. Anne Valle Zárate
• Dr. Philipp Muth

Involved institutions

• Animal Breeding and Husbandry in the Tropics and Subtropics
• Institute of Agricultural Sciences in the Tropics (Hans-Ruthenberg-Institute)
• Location Lindenhöfe

Publications in the course of the project

• Fattening and carcass traits of broiler genotypes with and without feathers under hot conditions
  2008: Okere, I., Siegmund-Schultze, M., Cahaner, A., Valle Zárate, A.
  
• Genetic reduction in feather coverage minimizes performance losses of broilers reared under hot temperature
  2005: Siegmund-Schultze,M.; Ajuh,J.A.; Valle Zárate,A.; Cahaner,A.
  
• The effects of the naked neck (NA) and featherless (SC) genes on performance losses of broilers reared under hot temperature.
  2005: Ajuh, J.A.; Siegmund-Schultze,M.; Valle Zárate,A.; Azoulay,Y.; Druyan,S.; Cahaner,A.