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CHICKEN DESCRIPTORS MASTER RECORD

MASTER RECORD

1. Breed name (Use breed, variety, and mutant names in Somes' (1984) International Registry of Poultry Genetic Stocks, Bulletin 469, Storrs Agric. Exp. Station, Univ. of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06268, U.S.A.)
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 are for indicating by "Y" the type of population data)
    4.1.1.3 estimated value
    4.1.1.4 unspecified
    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
    4.2.1 indigenous
    4.2.2 improved indigenous
    4.2.3 middle-level purebred
    4.2.4 industrial (trade-named) layer
    4.2.5 industrial (trade-named) broiler
    4.2.6 other (specify)
  4.3 Use of stock
    4.3.1 eggs
    4.3.2 meat
    4.3.3 meat and eggs
    4.3.4 ornamental or fancy
    4.3.5 fighting
    4.3.6 cultural/religious
    4.3.7 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 characteristics
    4.5.1 feather morphology (phenotypic frequency, %)
        normal
        frizzle
        silky
        other (specify)
    4.5.2 feather distribution (phenotypic frequency, %)
        normal
        naked neck
        feathered shanks and feet
        muffs and beard
        crest
        vulture hocks
        other (specify)
    4.5.3 feather growth rate (phenotypic frequency, %)
        fast feathering (k)
        slow feathering (K)
  4.6 Feather color
(Fill in fixed format fields, or write description in the free format description field 4.16, or do both)
    4.6.1 colors in plumage (phenotypic frequency, %)
        white
        black
        blue
        red
        wheaten
        other (specify)
    4.6.2 plumage pattern (phenotypic frequency, % )
        self-white
        self-colored
        Columbian (black or blue extremities with white or red body)
        wild-type and variants
        other (specify)
    4.6.3

pattern within feather (phenotypic frequency, %)

        self-white
        self-black
        self-blue
        self-red
        self-wheaten
        barred (sex-linked)
        barred (autosomal)
        laced
        mottled
        other (specify)
  4.7 Skin characteristics
    4.7.1 skin color (phenotypic frequency, %)
        white
        yellow
        blue-black
        other (specify)
    4.7.2 shank color (phenotypic frequency, %)
        white
        yellow
        blue
        green
        other (specify)
    4.7.3 comb type
        single
        pea
        rose
        walnut/cushion/strawberry
        duplex/V-shaped/double
    4.7.4 earlobe color (phenotypic frequency, %)
        white
        red
        white and red
        other (specify)
  4.8 Skeletal variants (phenotypic frequency, %)
      normal
      crested
      polydactyl/extra toes
      creeper
      dwarf
      rumpless
      multiple spurs
      other(specify)
  4.9 Blood types
(Free format field; write word description)
  4.10 Immunogenetics
(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 vulnerab1e
    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.
    Indeterminate : Breeds known to be Endangered, Rare or Vulnerable, 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:
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      . . . . .
      . . . . .
  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:

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