title: Indigenous chicken production in Iran: a review.
abstract: One of the sources that, provide protein in developing countries, is native chicken. So, they should be taken into consideration in poultry improvement programs. Indeed, egg and meat production of indigenous chickens in Iran have been considered by different researchers. In this study, various works have been studied for different years and investigated some results regarding laying and meat production traits of Iranian indigenous chickens, as well as their crossings with exotic breeds.
authors.affiliation: Department of Animal Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Islamic Azad University, Shahrekord Branch, Shahrekord, Iran.
authors.forename: Nasrollah
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Vali
mesh_terms: D000822:Animal Husbandry / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000818:Animals; D002645:Chickens / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000502:physiology*; D003433:Crosses, Genetic; D004531:Eggs / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D007492:Iran; D008460:Meat / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011202:Poultry Products / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*