Starter and Grower Body Weight Performance of The Back crossed of Pekin Alabio (PA) and Alabio Pekin (AP) Ducks to Their Parental

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Sunday, 3 December 2017

Starter and Grower Body Weight Performance of The Back crossed of Pekin Alabio (PA) and Alabio Pekin (AP) Ducks to Their Parental

Line Arifani, S., R. R. Noor and L. H. Prasetyo

Backcrossis amethodof selectionby crossingbackthe progenywith oneof its parent linein order to produceoffsprings that similar to their parents. The purpose of this study was to evaluate thematernal effect of the live weight and feed convertion. Alabioduckshadpreviouslycrossed withPekin ducksinBalai Penelitian Ternak Ciawi, Bogor. Twelve Alabio Alabio Pekin (AAP), 17 Alabio Pekin Alabio(APA) and 28 Pekin Alabio Pekin (PAP) had been randomly selected and evaluated. The body weight and growth curve of PAP show the best result when compared to the others. The PAP has the smallest value of feed convertion and it indicates that PAP ducks are more efficient in converting feed into meat. The maternal effect didn’t affectbody weight of AAP, butaffectedthe feed convertion of AAP and APA.

Keywords:ducks, backcross, maternal effect, growth

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