Table 1.
Origin and sample size of the 28 chicken populations
| Type | Country | Region | Code | Sample size | Location number |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Local |
Benin |
Atlantique |
BEN-Atl |
20 |
1 |
|
populations |
|
Littoral |
BEN-Lit |
10 |
2 |
| |
|
Couffo |
BEN-Cou |
10 |
3 |
| |
|
Mono |
BEN-Mon |
10 |
4 |
| |
|
Ouémé |
BEN-Oué |
8 |
5 |
| |
|
Borgou |
BEN-Bor |
38 |
6 |
| |
|
Donga |
BEN-Don |
17 |
7 |
| |
Côte |
Agnéby |
CIV-Agn |
18 |
8 |
| |
d’Ivoire |
Sud-Comoé |
CIV-SCo |
17 |
9 |
| |
|
Lagunes |
CIV-Lag |
19 |
10 |
| |
|
Lacs |
CIV-Lac |
41 |
11 |
| |
|
N’Zi-Comoé |
CIV-NCo |
22 |
12 |
| |
Ghana |
Ashanti |
GHA-Ash |
6 |
13 |
| |
|
Eastern |
GHA-Eas |
27 |
14 |
| |
|
Western |
GHA-Wes |
26 |
15 |
| |
|
Northern |
GHA-Nor |
25 |
16 |
| |
|
Upper-East |
GHA-UEa |
16 |
17 |
| |
|
Upper-West |
GHA-UWe |
12 |
18 |
| |
Maroc |
Meknes |
MAR-Mek |
45 |
19 |
| |
Cameroun |
Centre |
CAM-Cen |
30 |
20 |
| |
|
Est |
CAM-Est |
5 |
21 |
| |
|
Sud |
CAM-Sud |
28 |
22 |
| |
|
Ouest/Nord-Ouest |
CAM-ONO |
22 |
23 |
|
Commercial lines | |||||
|
Broiler |
Broiler-sire line-C |
BS-C |
25 |
|
|
| |
Broiler-sire line-D |
BS-D |
29 |
|
|
| |
Broiler-dam line-B |
BD-B |
25 |
|
|
|
Layer |
White egg layer-A |
WEL-A |
25 |
|
|
| Brown egg layer-C | BEL-C | 25 | |||