Traditional sexing methods and external egg characteristics combination allow highly accurate early sex determination in an endangered native turkey breed.

ABSTRACT: Early sex determination methods are not only crucial in the worldwide massive poultry industry, but also for small-holder producers. The profitability of sexing techniques must be accounted for when aiming to boost management, nutrition, and conservation practices in endangered poultry breeds. This becomes pivotal when the local breed dealt with belongs to an understudied species, such as the turkey. So, the main objective of this study is to identify which method combination may report a higher likelihood of successful sex determination in poults across the three-pattern varieties of the Andalusian turkey breed. A total of 84 one to two days old Andalusian turkey poults (42 black, 28 black-roan, and 14 bronze-roan) were evaluated in this study. Sex determination was performed using 15 met

SUBMITTER: Salgado Pardo JI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9420986 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature