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DBPARTMBNT OF POULTRY SCIBNCB UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIBNCBS HBBBAL, Bangalore -560 024, INDIA.

f3IVIVAJA Poultry Scientists at Department of Poultry Science University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, India are the pioneers and the first to make significant contribution to the Indian rural poultry farming by developing and releasing a synthetic coloured dual-purpose strain namely "GIRIR-AJA".

Symbolically expressed, GIRIRAJA stands for king of the jungle fowl. It is a strain bred to resemble local fowls. Sturdy and resistant, it can easily acclimatize itself to any region and weather.

GIRIRAJA yields high quality and quantity of meat. It can survive lik~ any native stock, except for the routine Ranikhet, no other vaccination is required. In a word, GIRIRAJA is a miracle fowl.

The performance of "GIRIRAJA" in comparison to Native Fowl.

Characters

GIRIRAJA

Native Fowl

Body wt. at 8 weeks (gm)

1600-1700

600-700

98

90

140-150

70

55-65

45-50

Male

4.5-5.5

2-2.5

Female

3.5-4.0

1.3-1.6

(Scavenging conditions)

Livability % Egg Prod. (One year) Egg weight (gm) Weight of Adult bird (Kg)

GIRIRAJA -Village Condition

Salient Features of GIRIRAJA : ~

Resembles local birds in colour and appearance Sturdy and resistant to diseases Acclimatizes to any region and weather

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Body weight and egg production are three times more than that of local birds

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Adopts well to scavenging conditions Developed for small scale farmers and tribals

GIRIRAJA - "A Boon to the Villagers / Tribals" For details contact:

Professor and Head Department of Poultry Science, University of Agricultural Sciences, Hebbal Campus, Bangalore -560 024, India.

Phone: 080 -341148~,3414384 C.~ll

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