List any four desirable traits for which cross breeding is done among poultry breeds

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Poultry farming involves large-scale rearing of poultry birds. Poultry farming is undertaken to meet an increased demand of eggs and chicken . It deals with the management of domestic fowl in order to improve the quality andproductivity of egg and chicken.

Improvement in poultry variety is achieved through the process of hybridization or cross breeding. Hybridization between an Indian breed like Aseel and a foreign breed like Leghorn has been done to bring about desirable traits in the improved variety.

Some desirable traits for which the improvement of poultry is done are:

Quality and size of eggs

Low maintenance breeds

High resistance to diseases

Tolerance to high temperature

Quality and quantity of chicks

Ability to utilize cheaper diets produced from agricultural wastes

Dwarf boilers for egg production( so that they consume lesser nutrition for body growth)

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