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Breeding objectives for indigenous chicken: Model development and application to different production systems

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A bio-economic model was developed to evaluate the utilisation of indigenous chickens (IC) under different production systems accounting for the risk attitude of the farmers. The model classified the production systems into three categories based on the level of management: free-range system (FRS), where chickens were left to scavenge for feed resources with no supplementation and healthcare; intensive system (IS), where the chickens were permanently confined and supplied with rationed feed and healthcare; and semi-intensive system (SIS), a hybrid of FRS and IS, where the chickens were partially confined, supplemented with rationed feeds, provided with healthcare and allowed to scavenge within the homestead or in runs. The model allows prediction of the live weights and feed intake at different stages in the life cycle of the IC and can compute the profitability of each production system using both traditional and risk-rated profit models. The input parameters used in the model represent a typical IC production system in developing countries but are flexible and therefore can be modified to suit specific situations and simulate profitability and costs of other poultry species production systems. The model has the capability to derive the economic values as changes in the genetic merit of the biological parameter results in marginal changes in profitability and costs of the production systems. The results suggested that utilisation of IC in their current genetic merit and production environment is more profitable under FRS and SIS but not economically viable under IS.

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We acknowledge the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) for granting the first author financial assistance, the Kenya Agricultural Productivity Programme for funding the on-farm and on-station experiments and Egerton University, the Ministry of Livestock Development, Kenya Agricultural Research Institute and Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Germany, for provision of facilities.

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  1. Animal Breeding in the Tropics and Sub-tropics, Department of Crop and Livestock Sciences, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Philippstraße 13, Haus 9, 10115, Berlin, Germany

    Tobias O. Okeno & Kurt J. Peters

  2. Livestock Recording Centre, Ministry of Livestock Development, P.O. Box 257, 20117, Naivasha, Kenya

    Thomas M. Magothe

  3. Animal Breeding and Genomics Group, Department of Animal Sciences, Egerton University, P.O. Box 536, 20115, Egerton, Kenya

    Tobias O. Okeno & Alexander K. Kahi

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Okeno, T.O., Magothe, T.M., Kahi, A.K. et al. Breeding objectives for indigenous chicken: Model development and application to different production systems. Trop Anim Health Prod 45, 193–203 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11250-012-0191-4

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