Genetic evaluation of growth and production performance and short term selection response for egg mass in Gramapriya female line chicken

U RAJKUMAR; M NIRANJAN; L L L PRINCE; C PASWAN; S HAUNSHI; B L N REDDY

doi:10.56093/ijans.v90i3.102520

Authors

U RAJKUMAR ICAR-Directorate of Poultry Research, Hyderabad, Telangana 500 030 India
M NIRANJAN ICAR-Directorate of Poultry Research, Hyderabad, Telangana 500 030 India
L L L PRINCE ICAR-Directorate of Poultry Research, Hyderabad, Telangana 500 030 India
C PASWAN ICAR-Directorate of Poultry Research, Hyderabad, Telangana 500 030 India
S HAUNSHI ICAR-Directorate of Poultry Research, Hyderabad, Telangana 500 030 India
B L N REDDY ICAR-Directorate of Poultry Research, Hyderabad, Telangana 500 030 India

https://doi.org/10.56093/ijans.v90i3.102520

Keywords:

Body weight, Chicken, Egg production, Genetic evaluation, Gramapriya, Heritability, Selection response

Abstract

A comprehensive study was carried out in Gramapriya female line (PD-3) with respect to growth, production, selection response and population structure utilizing the data generated for the last 7 generations at ICAR-Directorate of Poultry Research, Hyderabad, Telangana. The average fertility was 71.89% and hatchability was 80.52% on fertile egg set and 57.08% on total egg set. The least squares means (LSMs) for body weight at 4 and 6 weeks of age were 168.06±0.01 and 320.10±0.02 g, respectively. The heritability estimates from sire and dam components of variance were moderate to high for both body weight and shank length (0.27 to 0.35). The correlation coefficients (genetic and phenotypic) between body weights and shank length were positive and high in magnitude except with day old body weight. Age at sexual maturity (ASM) was 171.47±0.01 days in PD-3 population. The part period egg production (EP 40) at 40 weeks of age was 75.60±0.01 eggs with an egg mass (EM 40) of 4,157.19±0.99 g. The h2 estimates for ASM, EW 40, EP 40 and EM 40 were 0.16±0.07, 0.42±0.11, 0.18±0.07 and 0.15±0.06, respectively, which were moderate to high in magnitude. The egg production at 40 weeks of age was negatively associated with ASM, body weight and egg weight at different ages. Egg mass had significant positive association with egg production and egg weight at 40 weeks of age. The selection intensity (i) ranged from 0.32 to 0.85 while, rate of inbreeding ranged between 0.0031 and 0.0033 in PD-3 line. The direct selection response was 151.54 g on genetic scale and 79.75 on phenotypic scale for primary trait of selection, EM 40 over the last 7 generations. Realized and estimated heritability estimates were 0.29 and 0.15, respectively for EM 40. The study concluded that, PD-3 population was in ideal condition with respect to growth and production performance. Positive selection response for primary trait EM 40 was observed in the population maintaining both egg production and egg weight, the important traits for sustainable rural poultry farming.

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