1. Discriminant analysis of response to Newcastle disease and heat tolerance among chicken genotypes in hot humid tropical environment
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B.M. Ilori, O.S. Iyasere, S. O. Durosaro, D. O. Oguntade, Michael O. Ozoje, and A.O. Adebambo
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Veterinary medicine ,animal structures ,biology ,Respiratory rate ,Naked Neck ,Humid subtropical climate ,Linear discriminant analysis ,biology.organism_classification ,Newcastle disease ,Food Animals ,Feather ,visual_art ,Genotype ,visual_art.visual_art_medium ,Animal Science and Zoology ,Geometric mean - Abstract
Newcastle disease and heat stress reduce the productivity of local chickens of Nigeria (LCN). This study compared the antibody response to Newcastle disease and heat tolerance among different LCN genotypes in hot humid tropics using multivariate discriminant analysis. A total of 299 birds were used for the study. Geometric mean titre against Newcastle disease before vaccination (GMTB), geometric mean titre against Newcastle disease after vaccination (GMTA), rectal temperature at week 4 (RT4), pulse rate at week 4 (PR4), respiratory rate at week 4 (RR4), heat stress index at week 4 (H4), rectal temperature at week 13 (RT13), pulse rate at week 13 (PR13), respiratory rate at week 13 (RR13) and heat stress index at week 13 (H13) were measured. All the traits were significantly (p
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- 2021