Inter-relationship among growth and conformation traits of guinea fowl

The records on body weight at 0,4,8, 12 and 16 weeks, shank length, keel length and breast angle at 8, 12 and 16 weeks of age were collected from 359 indigenous guinea fowls maintained at Poultry Research Centre of G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar. The genetic and phenotypic correlations were calculated among growth traits, conformation traits and between growth and conformation traits at various ages. Phenotypic and genetic correlations among growth traits ranged from 0.006 to 0.70 and 0.33 to 1.00, respectively. Genetic and phenotypic correlations among conformation traits ranged from 0 to 1.00 and 0.01 to 0.49, respectively, whereas genetic and phenotypic correlations between growth and conformation traits ranged from 0.07 to 1.00 and 0.06 to 0.62, respectively.