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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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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Effects of egg storage duration on egg quality, metabolic rate, hematological parameters during embryonic and post-hatch development of guinea fowl broilers [PDF]
Poultry Science, 2021 : Considering the value of guinea fowl keets, successful incubation of eggs is particularly desirable in this poultry species. This study evaluated the effect of egg storage duration on egg quality, heat production, hematological parameters during ...
Y.A.E. Kouame +4 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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Alternative Poultry Breeding: Guinea Fowl Breeding
Turkish Journal of Agriculture: Food Science and Technology, 2015 Guinea fowl live on the Africa continent as wild and where used intensively family livestock farming in the rural. Although the homeland of the Africa continent, Guinea growing rapidly increasing in the World.
Sezai Alkan, İsmail Durmuş
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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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A comparative analysis of microbial profile of Guinea fowl and chicken using metagenomic approach. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2018 Probiotics are live microbial feed supplements that promote growth and health to the host by minimizing non-essential and pathogenic microorganisms in the host's gastrointestinal tract (GIT).
Sarayu Bhogoju +4 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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