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dc.contributor.authorTongsiri, Siripornen
dc.contributor.authorJeyaruban, M Gilberten
local.source.editorEditor(s): Susanne Hermesch and Sonja Dominiken
dc.date.accessioned2015-04-29T10:20:00Z-
dc.date.issued2014-
dc.identifier.citationBreeding Focus 2014 - Improving Resilience, p. 65-72en
dc.identifier.isbn9781921597657en
dc.identifier.isbn9781921597664en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/17015-
dc.description.abstractThe layer chicken industry is an important sector of livestock production in Thailand because of its link to household income generation, employment generation and foreign exchange earnings. Exportation of eggs and egg product generates over 1,170 million of Thai baht ($AU 39 million) foreign income annually after 2009. However, outbreaks of exotic diseases through the importation of exotic strains of poultry had negative economic impacts on the industry. This has forced the egg industry of Thailand to develop a sustainable layer industry based on breeds and strains that have high survival rate under the harsh climatic conditions in Thailand and simultaneously maintain commercially viable productivity. Rhode Island Red (RIR) and White Plymouth Rock (WPR) breeds were imported in 1944 and maintained under existing poultry management conditions in Thailand, having been identified as the prime genetic resources to build a sustainable poultry industry in Thailand. Since 2004, a structured genetic improvement programme has been implemented to improve the productivity of these two breeds and their crosses, while maintaining a high survival rate (>90%) under the existing backyard poultry management conditions in Thailand. Preliminary analyses reveal that the performances of the newly developed strains, especially for egg production, were similar to that of the exotic breeds in Thailand. Survivability under tropical poultry management conditions is a trait that describes resilience of laying hens. The survival rate of the newly developed strains under backyard poultry management conditions in Thailand were 97.5%. This survival rate of the newly developed strains was higher than the survival rates of indigenous chicken under similar conditions. This implies that the newly developed strains could reduce over reliance on the importation of commercial layer birds and thereby, reduce the risk of introducing exotic poultry diseases which jeopardise the sustainability of poultry production in Thailand.en
dc.languageenen
dc.publisherUniversity of New England, Animal Genetics and Breeding Uniten
dc.relation.ispartofBreeding Focus 2014 - Improving Resilienceen
dc.relation.isversionof1en
dc.titlePerformance and resilience of poultry in Thailanden
dc.typeBook Chapteren
dc.subject.keywordsAnimal Breedingen
local.contributor.firstnameSiripornen
local.contributor.firstnameM Gilberten
local.subject.for2008070201 Animal Breedingen
local.subject.seo2008830309 Poultryen
local.profile.schoolAnimal Genetics and Breeding Uniten
local.profile.schoolAnimal Genetics and Breeding Uniten
local.profile.emailstongsir@myune.edu.auen
local.profile.emailgjeyarub@une.edu.auen
local.output.categoryB1en
local.record.placeauen
local.record.institutionUniversity of New Englanden
local.identifier.epublicationsrecordune-20150417-092947en
local.publisher.placeArmidale, Australiaen
local.identifier.totalchapters11en
local.format.startpage65en
local.format.endpage72en
local.contributor.lastnameTongsirien
local.contributor.lastnameJeyarubanen
dc.identifier.staffune-id:stongsiren
dc.identifier.staffune-id:gjeyaruben
local.profile.orcid0000-0002-0231-0120en
local.profile.roleauthoren
local.profile.roleauthoren
local.identifier.unepublicationidune:17228en
dc.identifier.academiclevelAcademicen
dc.identifier.academiclevelAcademicen
local.title.maintitlePerformance and resilience of poultry in Thailanden
local.output.categorydescriptionB1 Chapter in a Scholarly Booken
local.relation.urlhttp://agbu.une.edu.au/en
local.search.authorTongsiri, Siripornen
local.search.authorJeyaruban, M Gilberten
local.uneassociationUnknownen
local.year.published2014en
local.subject.for2020300305 Animal reproduction and breedingen
local.subject.seo2020100411 Poultryen
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