Alternative Poultry Breeding: Guinea Fowl Breeding

Guinea fowl live on the Africa continent as wild and where used intensively family livestock farming in the rural. Although the homeland of the Africa continent, Guinea growing rapidly increasing in the World. Nowadays, Guinea fowl is an important alternative genetic resource can be used in organic...

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Main Authors: Sezai Alkan, İsmail Durmuş
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Turkish Science and Technology Publishing (TURSTEP) 2015-10-01
Series:Turkish Journal of Agriculture: Food Science and Technology
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Online Access:http://www.agrifoodscience.com/index.php/TURJAF/article/view/486
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description Guinea fowl live on the Africa continent as wild and where used intensively family livestock farming in the rural. Although the homeland of the Africa continent, Guinea growing rapidly increasing in the World. Nowadays, Guinea fowl is an important alternative genetic resource can be used in organic livestock farming which developing quickly. Able to adapt to different climatic conditions, have an economic efficiency level in the don’t good environmental conditions and being resistant to diseases are the biggest advantages. Besides, Guinea fowl eats insects, ticks, worms, mouse and snakes, especially in the surrounding of the livestock farming in the rural it can be used for biological control of these pests easily. Because of these advantages, Guinea fowl has a potential for alternative poultry production in Turkey. In this review, importance and general characteristics of Guinea fowl are given.
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spelling doaj.art-3ad3a026665b466291c722cdf5c694cd2023-02-15T16:17:12ZengTurkish Science and Technology Publishing (TURSTEP)Turkish Journal of Agriculture: Food Science and Technology2148-127X2015-10-0131080681010.24925/turjaf.v3i10.806-810.486220Alternative Poultry Breeding: Guinea Fowl BreedingSezai Alkan0İsmail Durmuş1Ordu Üniversitesi, Ziraat Fakültesi, Zootekni Bölümü, 52200 OrduOrdu Üniversitesi, Ziraat Fakültesi, Zootekni Bölümü, 52200 OrduGuinea fowl live on the Africa continent as wild and where used intensively family livestock farming in the rural. Although the homeland of the Africa continent, Guinea growing rapidly increasing in the World. Nowadays, Guinea fowl is an important alternative genetic resource can be used in organic livestock farming which developing quickly. Able to adapt to different climatic conditions, have an economic efficiency level in the don’t good environmental conditions and being resistant to diseases are the biggest advantages. Besides, Guinea fowl eats insects, ticks, worms, mouse and snakes, especially in the surrounding of the livestock farming in the rural it can be used for biological control of these pests easily. Because of these advantages, Guinea fowl has a potential for alternative poultry production in Turkey. In this review, importance and general characteristics of Guinea fowl are given.http://www.agrifoodscience.com/index.php/TURJAF/article/view/486Beç tavuğuYetiştirmeYumurta verimiKuluçkaBesleme
spellingShingle Sezai Alkan
İsmail Durmuş
Alternative Poultry Breeding: Guinea Fowl Breeding
Turkish Journal of Agriculture: Food Science and Technology
Beç tavuğu
Yetiştirme
Yumurta verimi
Kuluçka
Besleme
title Alternative Poultry Breeding: Guinea Fowl Breeding
title_full Alternative Poultry Breeding: Guinea Fowl Breeding
title_fullStr Alternative Poultry Breeding: Guinea Fowl Breeding
title_full_unstemmed Alternative Poultry Breeding: Guinea Fowl Breeding
title_short Alternative Poultry Breeding: Guinea Fowl Breeding
title_sort alternative poultry breeding guinea fowl breeding
topic Beç tavuğu
Yetiştirme
Yumurta verimi
Kuluçka
Besleme
url http://www.agrifoodscience.com/index.php/TURJAF/article/view/486
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