National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
The indigenous geese of Assam popularly known as ‘Rajhanh’ which means king of duck is a unique unexplored germplasm of Assam. Data of 53 adult indigenous geese of Assam were utilized for the present study. Data were collected by personal visits and interviews of farmers from the geese rearing areas. These geese are reared in the backyard in semi intensive system. The male female ratio usually found to be 1M: 3or4F. The plumage colour was found to be cinnamon (brownish), complete white and a mixture of cinnamon and white. The plumage pattern was observed to be solid and bordered. The bill colour was found to be black, orange and mixture of black and orange. Skin colour was observed to be white. Shank and feet appeared to be orange in colour. Eyes were found to be black, brown and grey in colour. In some birds knob was observed. The average body weight of adult indigenous geese was found to be 3.955±0.202 kg. The average body length, body circumference, bill length, bill width, head length, head width, neck length, breast length, shank length, feet length, knob diameter and wing span were found to be 46.965±0.632, 50.838±0.958, 8.527±0.141, 2.680±0.172, 10.769±0.335, 3.540±0.367, 19.931 ±0.439, 29.692±0.630, 8.373±0.125, 7.869±0.206, 2.350±0.150 and 110±4.421 cm respectively.
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