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A Comparative Analysis of Purebred and Crossbred Poultry

Year: 1952

Type: article

Abstract: CONCURRENT with the tremendous increase in the poultry population during the past decade were changes in the proportion of the population made up by the various breeds. Of particular interest is the northeastern part of the United States; especially New York, where the leadership in numbers was easily held by the White Leghorn prior to 1940. Recent surveys indicate that of the chicks started in New York today, about 50 percent are White Leghorns, 25 percent purebred heavies and 25 percent crossbred heavies, the latter being mostly the Sex-linked Cross (Red male x Barred Plymouth Rock female). The demand for poultry meat during and following World War II had a considerable effect in increasing the proportion of heavy breeds raised, but this does not explain why the Sex-Linked Cross was raised in preference to its purebred parents or its reciprocal cross. This paper is a report on a project begun . . .

Source: Poultry Science

DOI: 10.3382/ps.0311030

Authors: Steven C. King, J.H. Bruckner

Institutions: Cornell University, Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station

Language: English

Topic: Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock

Subfield: Genetics

Field: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Domain: Life Sciences

SDG: Zero hunger

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $2,600