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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Phenotypic diversity, major genes and production potential of local chickens and guinea fowl in Tamale, northern Ghana [PDF]
Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences, 2017 Objective Our study provides information on phenotypes of local chickens and guinea fowl and their body measures as well as on major genes in local chickens in northern Ghana.
Michael Mensah Brown +3 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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Effect of Hevea brasiliensis seed meal or Euphorbia heterophylla seed supplemented diets on performance, physicochemical and sensory properties of eggs, and egg yolk fatty acid profile in guinea fowl (Numida meleagris). [PDF]
Poult Sci, 2020 A total of 144 French selected breed (Galor) female guinea fowl (GF) of 42 wk of age were enrolled for a feeding trial of 15, 30, and 45 D duration. The birds were randomly assigned to 18 cages, each containing 8 birds.
Kouassi GF +4 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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Guinea Fowl Coronavirus Diversity Has Phenotypic Consequences for Glycan and Tissue Binding. [PDF]
J Virol, 2019 Avian coronaviruses cause major global problems in the poultry industry. As causative agents of huge economic losses, the detection and understanding of the molecular determinants of viral tropism are of ultimate importance.
Bouwman KM +13 more
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A guinea fowl genome assembly provides new evidence on evolution following domestication and selection in galliformes. [PDF]
Mol Ecol Resour, 2019 The helmeted guinea fowl Numida meleagris belongs to the order Galliformes. Its natural range includes a large part of sub‐Saharan Africa, from Senegal to Eritrea and from Chad to South Africa.
Vignal A +12 more
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Agricultura Tropica et Subtropica, 2020 Commercialisation of helmeted guinea fowl production in Africa is still in its rudimentary stage and there is a dearth of information on the optimal stocking density of the birds. This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of stocking density on the
Oke Oyegunle Emmanuel +7 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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Multi-clade co-evolution and differential replication efficiencies of subgroup A avian leukosis virus in Chinese guinea fowl. [PDF]
BMC Vet ResChen J +8 more
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