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LOW FAT CROSS BRED PIG

  • Genetic composition: Large White Yorkshire (25%) + Landrace (25%) + Duroc (50%)
  • Faster body weight gain 90-100 kg (8 months)
  • Better feed efficiency (3.82)
  • Low cost of production
  • Lean meat (Back fat thickness - 2.53 cm against a normal of 4-5 cm)
  • Consumer preference
  • Cost of production /kg of pork: Rs. 133.50
  • Selling price of 1 kg of pork : Rs. 200.00
  • Net profit per kg of pork : Rs. 66.50
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NAMAKKAL CHICKEN I

  • This new crossbred chicken can be used for both egg and meat production
  • Improved 12th week (market age) body weight
  • Improved livability
  • Adaptable to backyard rearing
  • Improved carcass qualities
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NANDANAM CHICKEN IV

  • Highly suited to backyard system of rearing under different agro-climatic conditions of Tamil Nadu
  • Weight of day old chick (g) : 36
  • Weight at 20 weeks of age (kg) : 1.3
  • Age at sexual maturity (days) : 140
  • Egg production (21-72 weeks of age) : 190
  • Hen-housed egg production (%) : 53
  • Hen-day egg production (%) : 65
  • Mean egg weight (g) : 52
  • Livability (20-40 weeks) : 97
  • Feed efficiency per dozen of eggs : 2.7
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NANDANAM TURKEY II
  • An improved variety of Beltsville Small White turkey
  • market weight of 3020 g at 16 week of age
  • High carcass yield (75.36%)
  • Excellent livability (95%)
  • Egg Production (24 - 44 weeks) - 70 eggs
  • Adapts well to backyard farming conditions
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NANDANAM QUAIL I

  • Livability 98% (0 to 30 days)
  • Mean egg weight 14.9 gm
  • Mean hatch weight – 9.99 gm
  • Egg production (from 7 to 47 weeks of age) 81.5%
  • Mean fertility rate 86.3%
  • Mean total hatchability 79.5%
  • Adult male body weight 313.0 gm
  • Adult female body weight 346.8 gm
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NANDANAM QUAIL III

  • High yielding meat type quail
  • Developed by eighteen generations of selective breeding for body weight, feed efficiency, hatchability and livability
  • Excellent Livability of 95%
  • Excellent body weight gain
  • Male    : 200 g at 6th week
  • Female : 247 g at 6th week
  • Feed efficiency           : 2.70
  • Well adopted to environmental conditions of Tamil Nadu
  • Better disease resistance
  • Improvement in feed efficiency
  • Higher profit margin for entrepreneurs
  • Tender and tastier meat quality
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NAMAKKAL GOLD QUAIL


S. No. Parameter Namakkal Gold Quail Other quail
1 Egg production
(Hen-housed from 7-57 weeks)
257 170
2 Economical egg production period 1 Year
(52 weeks)
9 Months
(36 weeks)
3 Highest egg production (%) 99.2 89.0
4 Average egg weight 13.2 g 11.5 g
5 Average feed consumption during laying period 33.3 g 32.0 g
6 Average livability during laying period 95% 80%
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NANDANAM GUINEA FOWL I

  • Improved meat type pearl Guinea fowl variety
  • 12th week (market age) body weight of 950-1000g
  • Improved livability of 95%
  • More suitable for backyard rearing under agro climatic conditions of Tamil Nadu
  • Improved carcass qualities
  • Useful in socioeconomic upliftment of resource poor rural women
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Source : TANUVAS, Chennai.

Updated on June 2014

 

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