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Growth performance and physiological responses of helmeted guinea fowl (Numida meleagris) to different stocking densities in humid tropical environment

open access: yesAgricultura 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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Antibiotic use and residue detection in guinea fowl eggs in rural Togo: An assessment of practices and risks

open access: yesVeterinary and Animal Science
Various classes of antibiotics are used to treat guinea fowl diseases in rural Togo. The aim of this study was to assess antibiotic treatment practices and detect the presence of antibiotic residues in eggs from guinea fowl farms in the Savannah region ...
Priscilla Bèlè Tcheou   +5 more
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Methods for Cryopreservation of Guinea Fowl Sperm

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2013
Conservation of indigenous poultry species is an important part of the new Hungarian agricultural strategy. Semen cryopreservation is the most practical method for the long term storage of poultry genetic material. The objective was to compare four protocols for cryopreservation of guinea fowl sperm (slow and fast programmable, freezing in nitrogen ...
Éva Váradi   +3 more
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Effet du parasitisme interne sur la productivité des pintades locales au Burkina Faso [PDF]

open access: yesTropicultura, 2009
Effect of Endoparasitism on the Local Production of Guinea Fowl in Burkina Faso. The objective of this study was to identify endoparasites and compare endoparasitic infestations, mortality, growth weight, reproductive groups of guinea fowl dewormed with ...
Hien, OC.   +3 more
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Identification and sequence analysis of Tapasin gene in guinea fowl [PDF]

open access: yesVeterinary World, 2014
Aim: An attempt has been made to identify and study the nucleotide sequence variability in exon 5 - exon 6 regions of guinea fowl Tapasin gene. Materials and Methods: Blood samples were collected from randomly selected birds (12 guinea fowl birds) and ...
Varuna P. Panicker , R. Uma
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Comparative studies on two tests for detection of avian influenza a virus and Newcastle disease virus in co-infected guinea fowl (Numida meleagris) [PDF]

open access: yesTrakia Journal of Sciences, 2018
Thirty four oropharyngeal swabs were collected from guinea fowl infected with a low-pathogenicity avian influenza A virus Н6N2 (LPAIV H6N2) and vaccinated with a lentogenic NDV strain La Sota.
Iv. Zarkov
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Characteristics of Guinea Fowl Breeding in West Africa: A Review [PDF]

open access: yesTropicultura, 2017
Guinea fowl production in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is generally practiced under family and traditional rearing systems mainly for consumption and income generation, but this species plays also a major socio-cultural role in specific ceremonies. Birds are
Houndonougbo, PV.   +4 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)

open access: yesPoultry 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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Studies Concerning the Dynamics of Productive Indicators on Gray Guinea Fowl (Numida Meleagris)

open access: yesBulletin of University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca. Animal Science and Biotechnologies, 2018
Growing guinea-fowls is an area of less research activity, although meat and eggs from this species are increasingly sought by consumers around the world.
Dan Claudiu ROŞCA   +1 more
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Colour-variation in the Guinea-fowl [PDF]

open access: yesNature, 1902
As this bird is such a recent addition to the poultry-yard (for, although known to the Romans, it went out of domestication in the Middle Ages) and has not been selectively bred by fanciers, its spontaneous variations are particularly interesting. Here, in India, where guinea-fowls are much bred, several well-defined types of coloration constantly ...
openaire   +1 more source

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