title: History of the Athens Canadian Random Bred and the Athens Random Bred control populations.
abstract: The University of Georgia maintains two meat-type chicken control strains: the Athens Random Bred (ARB) and the Athens Canadian Random Bred (ACRB). The Athens Random Bred was developed from colored plumage commercial meat chicken strains in 1956. The ACRB is a replicate population of the Ottawa Meat Control strain which was developed in 1955 from white plumage commercial meat-type chickens. These genetic lines have been extremely valuable research resources and have been used extensively to provide comparative context to modern meat-type strains. The ACRB may be the oldest pedigreed control commercial meat-type chicken still in existence today. This paper reviews the history of the breed backgrounds for both control populations and reviews research utilizing the ACRB.
authors.affiliation: The University of Georgia, Athens ktcmanatee@att.net.
authors.forename: K E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Collins
authors.affiliation: The University of Georgia, Athens.
authors.forename: H L
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Marks
authors.affiliation: The University of Georgia, Athens.
authors.forename: S E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Aggrey
authors.affiliation: The University of Georgia, Athens.
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Lacy
authors.affiliation: The University of Georgia, Athens.
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Wilson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001947:Breeding; D002645:Chickens / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology*; D003129:Comb and Wattles; D005241:Feathers; D010860:Pigments, Biological
chemical_list: D010860:Pigments, Biological
keywords: Athens Canadian Random Bred; Athens Random Bred; control; meat-type chicken