Comparative Study of Egg and Meat Quality of Guinea Fowl under Different tropical regions: A Review
Brazilian Journal of Poultry Science, 2022 Guinea fowl have several advantages over chickens. These birds are highly valued for their meat and eggs, particularly in tropical regions. They are currently in many parts of the world.
GN Rayan, A Mansour, MM Fathi
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Factors Impacting Guinea Fowl (Numida meleagris) Production in Ivory Coast
Journal of Applied Poultry Research, 2019 SUMMARY: Guinea fowl production is very important for some countries from a socioeconomic and nutritional perspective. Guinea fowl production is low in the Ivory Coast, even if the demand is high.
G.F. Kouassi +3 more
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Chicken and Quail Microsatellite Markers Reveal Polymorphisms in Guinea Fowl
The Journal of Poultry Science, 2008 Microsatellite markers are tandem repeats of short nucleotides which are abundant, evenly distributed and highly polymorphic in eukaryotic genomes. As such, they are a useful tool in poultry breeding.
Samuel N. Nahashon +3 more
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Growth performance and meat quality of meat-type guinea fowl fed different commercial diets [PDF]
Archives Animal Breeding, 2021 The aim of study was to assess the growth performance, meat quality, and fatty acid composition of meat-type guinea fowl fed balanced commercial diets under two different feeding programs, similar to those for slaughter turkeys and broiler chickens ...
J. Batkowska +6 more
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Formation of the Pecking Order during Small-Scale Floor Feeding in Helmeted Guinea Fowl (Numida meleagris) [PDF]
The Journal of Poultry ScienceHelmeted guinea fowl are social animals and only males form a hierarchy in the wild. Non-cage husbandry systems benefit the reproductive health of guinea fowl; however, there are concerns that the feeding duration of subordinate individuals is ...
Tomoyoshi Terada +3 more
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Dietary protein levels during 12 to 26 wk improve the growth performance, bone quality, and testosterone in Pearl Gray male guinea fowl (Numida meleagris) [PDF]
Poultry Science: Guinea fowl (Numida meleagris), although native to Africa and despite its many potentials, does not represent the dominant species on the continent because of its seasonal reproductive nature and high keets mortality. This study was conducted to assess
J.A. Hounkpêvi +5 more
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Adenovirus‐associated haemorrhagic disease in guinea fowl [PDF]
Avian Pathology, 1995 Nine outbreaks of a disease affecting 2 to 5-month-old guinea fowl, characterized by slight depression and sudden deaths, are described. Gross haemorrhages in the serosa and muscles were constantly observed. Histologically nuclear inclusion bodies, similar to those observed in avian adenovirosis group II were detected in the spleen of affected animals.
P. Massi +5 more
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Photoperiod manipulation corrects the negative effect of low dietary crude protein levels during weeks 12 to 26 on bone quality and fertility of male Guinea fowl (Numida meleagris) [PDF]
Poultry Science: Improving the reproductive performance of guinea fowl (Numida meleagris) based on the management of environmental factors is important for developing meleagriculture. Thus, the present study was conducted to evaluate the effect of dietary crude protein
J.A. Hounkpêvi +5 more
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The fatty acid profile and the quality of breast and leg muscles in female and male pearl gray guinea fowl (Numida meleagris) [PDF]
Poultry Science: The aim of this study was to evaluate the fatty acid (FA) profile and the quality of breast and leg muscles in male and female guinea fowl. In comparison with leg muscles, breast muscles had a higher content of dry matter and total protein, and ...
Katarzyna Śmiecińska +2 more
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Zanco Journal of Pure and Applied Sciences, 2020 The aim of present study to determine DNA polymorphism, between and within two different color (white) and (black) guinea fowl lines. Blood samples were collected about 3 ml of 30 white guinea fowl and 30 black guinea fowl, in six different local farms ...
Hurea Saber Haddad
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