Small and Large Scale Poultry in Mexico,
Ghana and Uganda
Sammy Aggrey, University of Georgia
Animal Genetic Research for Africa (Biosciences for Farming in Africa),
Nairobi, 10-11 September 2015

Interest
• POPULATION AND QUANTITATIVE GENETICS
• POULTRY BREEDING
– Backyard poultry
– Small scale poultry
– Commercial breeding
• MOLECULAR GENETICS
• BIOINFORMATICS

Mexico
Assessing breeds for breeds for backyard
poultryCreole
Characterization of Creole
Productive Strains Introgression of frizzle gene
Evaluation

Ghana
Introgression of major genes into
commercial strains

Uganda
Primary breeding of
KuroilerCrossbred
Rhode Island Red
White Leghorn
Barred Rock
Two Indian Native breeds
Better productivity than indigenous Ugandan breeds under village conditions
Body Weight (kg)
Age (wk) Kuroiler Indigenous
25 2.6 1.6
43 3.0 2.2
Egg Numbers per year
150-200 40

Uganda
Primary breeding of
KuroilerKegg Farms- India
Acquisition of Pure Lines
Establish a Primary Breeding Program in Uganda
Grand Parents Stock
Parent Stock
Commercial chicks
Reduce poverty and improve lives in rural Africa

Uganda
Primary breeding of
KuroilerKegg Farms- India
Acquisition of Pure Lines
Establish a Primary Breeding Program in Uganda
Grand Parents Stock
Parent Stock
Commercial chicks
Reduce poverty and improve lives in rural Africa