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GUINEA FOWL DESCRIPTORS 

MASTER RECORD

1. Breed name
2. Breed name synonyms
3. Strains  within breed
4. General information and breed description
4.1 Country and population data
 4.1.1 (country name 1) (Give date of census or estimate)
4.1.1.1  population size
4.1.1.2 census  data (Categories 4.1.1.2 to 4.1.1.4
4.1.1.3 estimated  value are for indicating by "Y" the
4.1.1.4 unspecified type of population data)
4.1.1.5 annual  population trend
+%; -%; unknown
4.1.1.6 flock  sizes
government farm
mean
range
distribution   %
1-10 birds 
11-50
51-100
101-200
> 200
commercial farm
mean
range
distribution  %
1-10 birds 
11-50
51-100
101-200
> 200
village farm
mean
range
distribution %
1-10 birds 
11-50
51-100
101-200
> 200

communally owned

mean
range
distribution %
1-10 birds 
11-50
51-100
101-200
> 200
4.1.1.7 origin of breed
indigenous
exotic 
4.1.2 (country name 2)
      . . . .
      . . . .
4.1.n  (country name n)
      . . . .
      . . . .
 4.2

 

Type of stock.
Note - there are two species of domestic guinea fowl .  Numida meleagris is native to West Africa, Morocco, Cape Verde Islands, and southwest Arabia; it is the usual species under domestication. Numida ptilorhynca is native to East Africa; it is distinguished by blue wattles and a brush of hair-like feathers at the base of the beak.  It is not certain whether the two species can hybridize and whether hybrid stocks exist.
 4.2.1 species origin
Numida meleagris
Numida ptilorhynca
species hybrid 
other (specify)
 4.2.2 kind of stock
wild
feral
indigenous domestic
improved indigenous
middle-1evel purebred
industrial (trade-named)
other (specify)
 4.3  Use of stock
 4.3.1 eggs
 4.3.2 meat
 4.3.3 eggs and meat
 4.3.4 other (specify)
 4.4  Origin if imported
4.4.1 North America
4.4.2 South America
4.4.3 Europe
4.4.4 U.S.S.R.
4.4.5 China
4.4.6 South-west Asia
4.4.7 South-east Asia
4.4.8 Australasia
4.4.9 Africa
4.4.0 other (specify)
 4.5 Feather morphology, distribution, growth rate
(phenotypic frequency, %)
normal
other (specify)
4.6 Feather color (phenotypic frequency, %)
self -white
self-violet
self -lilac
self-buff
self-isabelle
spotted-violet or wild-type
spotted-lilac
spotted-buff
spotted-isabel le
other (specify)
4.7 Skin characteristics
  4.7.1 shank and skin color (phenotypic frequency, %)
normal
other (specify)
4.7.2 wattle/helmet color
white/red
blue
other (specify)
4.8  Skeletal variants (phenotypic frequency, %)
norma1
other (specify)
4.9   Blood types
(Free format  field; write word description)
4.10 Imraunogenetics
(Free format  field; write word description)
4 .11 Cytogenetics
(Free format  field; write word description)
4.12 Basic temperament
docile
moderately tractable
wild
4.13 Heat tolerance
(Allocate grades 1-5; l=high)
4.14 Resistance to disease and parasites, and tolerance of industrial housing conditions
(Free format  field; write word description)
4.15 Conservation status
4.15.1 endangered
4.15.2 vulnerable
4.15.3 rare
4.15.4 indeterminate
4.15.5 out of danger
4.15.6 insufficiently known
4.15.7 not at risk (none of the above)
The  first six of these categories are used by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources.  Their definitions, slightly amended, are as follows.
Endangered : Breeds in danger of extinction, and whose survival  is unlikely if the causal factors continue operating.
Vulnerable : Breeds  likely to move into the Endangered category in the near future if the causal factors continue operating.
Rare  : Breeds  with small populations that are not at present Endangered or Vulnerable, but are at risk.

Indetererminate : Breeds known to be Endangered, Rare or  Vulner able, but where there is not enough information to say which of the three categories is appropriate.

Out of Danger : Breeds formerly included in one of the above  categories, but which are now considered relatively secure because effective conservation measures have been taken or the previous threat to their survival has been removed.
Insufficiently Known : Breeds that are suspected but not  definitely known to belong to any of the above categories, because of lack of information.
4.16 Free format breed description  field
(A description of breed characteristics may be entered here  instead of in the fixed fields of sections 4.5 to 4.14, or material may be added to supplement the fixed fields)
5.  Master record prepared by:
5.1 Name:
5.2 Title:  (Dr., Mr., Miss, etc.)
5.3 Address:
5.4 Affiliation:  (Organization, Company, Consultant, etc.)
5.5 Date of preparation:
6. Master record updating or editing
6.1 First amendment by:
6.1.1 Name:
6.1.2 Title:
6.1.3 Address:
6.1.4 Affiliation:
6.1.5 Date of amendment:
6.n  Nth amendment by:
6.n.1 Name:
6.n.2  Title:
6.n.3 Address :
6.n.4 Affiliation:
6.n.5 Date of amendment:

SLAVE RECORD

1. Breed name of MASTER record
2. Breed / crossbred type of SLAVE record
(Give exact composition if possible, eg. 50% trade-named industrial, 50%                                        indigenous                                               
3. Strain (or distinct within-breed type)
4. Period of data
year  month day  (eg. 1982:05:14)
From
To
5. Data form prepared by:
5.1 Name:
5.2 Title:  (Dr., Mr., Miss, etc.)
5.3 Address:
5.4 Affiliation:  (Organization, Company, Consultant, etc,)
5.5 Date  of preparation:
6. Bibliographical reference of source document
(Pointer to the reference stored in the bibliographical file)
7. Data type and analysis
7.1 Data 
7.1.1 unadjusted data
7.1.2 data  adjusted for environmental or other factors*
7.1.3 survey data
*(adjusted by the author of the original paper or document)
7.2  Treatment of data
7.2.1 descriptive
7.2.2 analytical
7.2.3 none
8. Reliability code
(Grade data Subjectively on a scale of 1 to 5; l=highly reliable,  5 = low reliability)
9. Country (in which data were recorded or experiment carried out, etc.)
9.1 Country subdivision(s) (province, county,  district, etc.)
10. Terrestrial environment
10.1 Tropical rainforest
10.2 Tropical deciduous forest
10.3 Tropical scrub forest
10.4 Tropical savannah
10.5 Desert
10.6 Mediterranean woodland and scrub
10.7 Middle latitude grassland
10.7.1 highland grass
10.7.2 moorland
10.7.3 marshland
10.8 Middle latitude deciduous forest
10.9 Coniferous forest
10.10 Tundra
10.11 Free format terrestrial environment field
(Include information on problems associated with vegetation, eg. toxic plants)
11. Elevation and topography
11.1 Elevation
  mean 
  range
11.2 Topography
(Free format  field.  The description should include the following items, when information on them is available: roughness of terrain; slope; nature of surface (rocky, sandy, stony, etc.); surface drainage (poor, seasonally wet, well-drained, etc.).)
12. Climate
12.1 Rainfall (mm)
12.1.1 annual precipitation
mean
range
12.1.2 seasonality
12.1.2.1 non-seasonal
12.1.2.1 seasonal
(input as eg. 05-07, meaning May to July)
12.1.3  free format rainfall data
12.2 Temperature (degrees C)
12.2.1  average annual temperature
mean of several years
 range of several years
12.2.2 maximum temperature in year
mean maximum of several years
range of several years
month(s) of maximum temperature
12.2.3 minimum temperature in year
mean maximum of several years
range of several years
month(s) of maximum temperature
12.2.4   free format temperature data
12.3 Relative humidity (RH)
12.3.1 average annual RH
mean of several years
range of several years
12.3.2 maximum RH in year
mean maximum of several years 
range of several years
month(s) of maximum RH
12.3.3 minimum RH in year
mean minimum of several years
range of several years
month(s) of minimum RH
12.3.4 free format RH data
13. Socio-management system
13.1 Indigenous  stock, extensive management
13.2 Indigenous  stock, intensive management
13.3 Middle-level stock, extensive management
13.4 Middle-level  stock, intensive management
13.5 Industrial  stock, extensive management
13.6 Industrial  stock, intensive management
13.7 Free format  field for socio-management system
14. Type of farm
14.1  Peasant agriculture
14.2 Breeding centre
14.3 Commercial production  unit
14.4 Experiment  station
14.5 Field  experiment
14.6 Multiplication  unit
14.7 Other  (specify)
14.8 Free format  field for farm type
15. Degree of management supervision
15.1. Advisory services
15.2 Resident professional supervision
15.3 Supervision by  scientific staff of investigation project
15.4 None
16.  Mating method and incubation method
16.1  Mating method
16.1.1  uncontrolled non-seasonal natural mating
16.1.2 uncontrolled seasonal natural mating
16.1.3 controlled natural mating
16.1.4 artificial insemination
16.1.5 other (specify)
16.2 Incubation method
16.2.1 natural incubation
16.2.2 artificial  still-air incubation
16.2.3 artificial  forced-air incubation
16.2.4 other (specify)
17.  Flock size
17.1 Number of breeding males
mean 
range
17.2   Number of breeding females
mean 
range
17.3 Number of breeding replacement males
mean 
range
17.4 Number of breeding replacement females
mean 
range
17.5 Number of females for egg production
mean 
range
17.6   Number of birds for meat production
17.6.1  males
mean 
range
17.6.2  females
mean 
range
17.6.3 mixed
mean 
range
18. Nutrition
18. 1 Nutritional management
18. 1.1 scavenging
18. 1.2 scavenging  with supplemental feeding
18. 1.3 free-ranging
18. 1.4 free-ranging with supplemental feeding
18. 1.5 full-feeding  with local feeds
18. 1.6 full-feeding with manufactured concentrate & local feeds
18. 1.7 full-feeding with complete manufactured feeds
18. 2 Free format  field for scavenging, and scavenging with
supplemental feeding (estimate composition of scavenging
diet; estimate composition of supplemental feed and
quantities provided)
18. 3 Free format  field for free-ranging, and free-ranging with
supplemental feeding (estimate composition and intake of
free-ranging diet; estimate composition of supplemental
feed and quantities provided)
18. 4 Free format  field for full-feeding with local feeds
(estimate composition of full-feeding diet, specifying
ingredients; estimate composition and quantities (kg/bird)
for brooding, rearing, and adult periods)
18. 5 Free format  field for full-feeding with manufactured
concentrate and local feeds (give formulation for concentrate
used in brooding, rearing, and adult periods; estimate
composition of local feeds, specifying ingredients; estimate
quantities of concentrate plus local feeds (kg/bird) for
brooding, rearing, and adult periods)
18. 6 Free format  field for full-feeding with complete manufactured
feeds (give formulations and quantities (kg/bird) of complete
manufactured feeds in brooding, rearing, and adult periods)
19. Housing and photoperiod
19.1 Housing
19.1.1  type of housing 
none
shelter, unconfined
shelter, confined at night
confinement housing, litter floor
confinement housing, slat or wire floor
confinement housing, litter plus slat/wire floor
confinement housing, cage/battery
19.1.2 free format  field to record floor or cage space/bird, feeding space, watering space, roosting space, nesting space/bird
19.2  Photoperiod
19.2.1 photoperiod provided
natural daylength
artificial daylength
19.2.2 free format field to record daylength manipulation and
control during brooding, rearing, adult, and breeding
periods
20. Diseases and parasites, and tolerance of housing conditions
(Free format field for noting any diseases prevalent at the time  that performance  data were recorded, and for noting any peculiarities in response to housing conditions)
21. Measures against diseases, parasites, and undesirable behaviors
21.1 Vaccination and immunization
(Free format  field to describe treatments)
21.2 Curative medication
(Free format  field to describe treatments)
21.3  Preventative medication
(Free format  field to describe treatments)
21.4  Behavior modification
(Free format  field to describe treatments, eg. beak trimming)
22.  Performance
22.1 Egg production characteristics
22.1.1 egg production and age N Mean SD Range
age at  first egg, days - - - -
age at 50% production, days - - - -
age at peak production, days - - - -
age at culling, days - - - -
22.1.2 egg numbers N Mean SD Range
clutch length, days - - - -
hen-day production, 0-500 days - - - -
hen-housed production, 0-500 days - - - -
survivor production, 0-500 days - - - -
hen-day production, n-n days - - - -
hen-housed production, n-n days - - - -
survivor production, n-n days - - - -
22.1.3 egg size

N

Mean

SD

Range
egg size, 40 weeks of age, gm

-

-

-

-

egg size,  n weeks of age, gm

-

-

-

-

22.1.4 egg shape index

N

Mean

SD

Range
length (mm) x breadth (mm)/100

-

-

-

-

22.1.5 shell color
brown
other (specify)
22.1.6 shell quality

N

Mean

SD

Range
specific gravity, 40 weeks of age

-

-

-

-

specific gravity,  n weeks of age

-

-

-

-

22.1.7 feed utilization

N

Mean

SD

Range
kg  feed / kg eggs

-

-

-

-

kg feed / dozen eggs

-

-

-

-

22.1.8 other egg characteristics  (free format field)
22.2  Reproduction characteristics
22.2.1 broodiness
usual
sometimes
rare
other (specify)
22.2.2 fertility and hatchability

N

Mean

SD

Range
fertility from natural mating, %

-

-

-

-

fertility from A.I., %

-

-

-

-

hatch of  fertile eggs, %

-

-

-

-

hatch of total eggs set, natural  mating, %

-

-

-

-

hatch of  total eggs set,- A.I. , %

-

-

-

-

22.3  Growth characteristics
22.3.1 growth rate
body wt at hatching, gm,  males N Mean

SD

 

Range
females - - - -
mixed - - - -
body wt at  8 wks, gm,  males - - - -
females - - - -
mixed - - - -
body wt at 14 wks, gm, males - - - -
females - - - -
mixed - - - -
body wt at 20 wks, gm, males - - - -
females - - - -
mixed - - - -
body wt at 32 wks, gm,    males - - - -
females - - - -
mixed - - - -
body wt at  n wks, gm,  males - - - -
females - - - -
mixed - - - -
22.3.2 body proportions N Mean

SD

 

Range
keel length at  8 wks, mm, males - - - -
females - - - -
mixed - - - -
keel length at 14 wks, mm, males - - - -
females - - - -
mixed - - - -
keel length at 20 wks, mm, males - - - -
females - - - -
mixed - - - -
keel length at  n wks, mm, males - - - -
females - - - -
mixed - - - -
shank length at  8 wks, mm, males - - - -
females - - - -
mixed - - - -
shank length at 14 wks, mm, males - - - -
females - - - -
mixed - - - -
shank length at 20 wks, mm, males - - - -
females - - - -
mixed - - - -
shank length at  n wks, mm, males - - - -
females - - - -
mixed - - - -
breast angle at 8 wks, deg males - - - -
females - - - -
mixed - - - -
breast angle at 14 wks, deg males - - - -
females - - - -
mixed - - - -
breast angle 20 at  wks, deg males - - - -
females - - - -
mixed - - - -
breast angle at n wks, deg males - - - -
females - - - -
mixed - - - -
22.3.3 carcass defects N Mean

SD

 

Range
breast blisters, 8 wks, % males - - - -
females - - - -
mixed - - - -
breast blisters, 14 wks, % males - - - -
females - - - -
mixed - - - -
breast blisters, 20 wks, % males - - - -
females - - - -
mixed - - - -
breast blisters, n wks, % males - - - -
females - - - -
mixed - - - -
crooked keels, 8 wks, % males - - - -
females - - - -
mixed - - - -
crooked keels, 14 wks, % males - - - -
females - - - -
mixed - - - -
crooked keels, 20 wks, % males - - - -
females - - - -
mixed - - - -
crooked keels, n wks, % males - - - -
females - - - -
mixed - - - -
other carcass defects (free format field)
22.3.4  feed utilization N
Mean

SD

Range
kg feed/kg gain,  0-8 wks, males - - - -
females - - - -
mixed - - - -
kg  feed/kg gain, 8-14 wks, males - - - -
females - - - -
mixed - - - -
kg feed/kg gain,14-20 wks, males - - - -
females - - - -
mixed - - - -
kg  feed/kg gain,  n-n wks, males - - - -
females - - - -
mixed - - - -
22.4 Post-hatching  mortality N
Mean

SD

Range

mortality,  0-8  wks, %, males - - - -
females - - - -
mixed - - - -
mortality,  8-14 wks, %, males - - - -
females - - - -
mixed - - - -
mortality, 14-20 wks, %, males - - - -
females - - - -
mixed - - - -
mortality,  n-n  wks, %,  males - - - -
females - - - -
mixed - - - -
22.5 Free format  field to record performance characteristics (egg production, reproduction, growth, post-hatching mortality) not specified in 22.1 to 22.4
23. Physiology and  stress tolerance
23.1 Tolerance of temperature and humidity extremes
(Free format  field to describe temperature and humidity stress in relation to housing conditions)
23.2 Tolerance of industrial floor pen housing
(Free format  field to describe reaction of stock to intensive management conditions in industrial floor housing)
23.3 Tolerance of industrial cage housing
(Free format  field to describe reaction of stock to intensive management conditions in industrial cage housing)
24. Genetic parameters
24.1 Heritability

Value

SE

Range
24.1.1 trait 1 - - -
. . . .      
. . . .      
. . . .      
24.1.n trait n - - -

24.2

  Repeatability      
24.2.1 trait 1 - - -
. . . .      
. . . .      
. . . .      
24.2.n trait n - - -
24.3  Genetic correlation

Value

SE

Range
24.3.1 between .... and .... - - -
. . . .      
. . . .      
. . . .      
24.3.n between .... and .... - - -
24.4 Other genetic parameters
(Free format field)
24.5 Inbreeding coefficient 
(Free format field)
25. Cytogenetics
(Free format field)
26. Inherited abnormalities
(Free format field)
27. Resistance to infectious diseases and parasites
(Free format  field; specify comparative incidence and/or mortality)

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