Production performance and genetic similarities in Ukrainian and local brown quail

Ibrahim, Firas Khaleel; ALomari, Arqam Mohamad; Sabri, Majid Ahmed

doi:10.33899/mja.2023.144335.1290

	Production performance and genetic similarities in Ukrainian and local brown quail
Mesopotamia Journal of Agriculture
Volume 51, Issue 4, December 2023, Pages 59-71 PDF (807.67 K)
Document Type: Research
DOI: 10.33899/mja.2023.144335.1290
Authors
Firas Khaleel Ibrahim^* ¹; Arqam Mohamad ALomari²; Majid Ahmed Sabri³
¹Nineveh research department/Agricultural research Office
²Food Sciences, College of Agriculture and Forestry, University of Mosul, Mosul, Iraq
³Animal Production Department, College of Agriculture and Forestry, University of Mosul
Abstract
Two lines of brown-colored Ukrainian (U) and local (L) quails, as well as cross (U×L) and reciprocal cross (L×U), were produced in the Agricultural Research Department's fields between March 1, 2023, and June 1, 2023. The purpose of the study was to determine the productive and genetic performance of these genetic groups. Over a period of eight weeks, the various birds' performances were evaluated using the: CEW g, HDP% and FCR (g feed/g egg mass). Moreover, estimates were also made of the genetic distance and similarity between the male and female of the groups. Therefore, the results were showed a significant increase (P < 0.05) in the Ukrainian quails and reciprocal cross (L×U) in the CEW (589.37 and 560.25) g and HDP (74.86 and 72.77) %, and a significant improvement (P < 0.05) in FCR (4.38 and 3.93) g feed/g egg mass) compared to the local quails and crossbreeding (U×L) quails. The genetic similarity between males and females of crossbreeding (U×L) is highest (0.8537), while that of local males and females of reciprocal cross (L ×U) is lowest (0.5244). while the genetic distance results supported the foregoing, with the local males and females of reciprocal crossbreeding (L ×U) having the highest genetic distance (0.6455) cM and the males and females of crossbreeding (U×L) having the least genetic distance (0.1582) cM.
Keywords
Ukrainian and local quail hybrid; productive performance; genetic similarity and distance

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