LOW FAT CROSS BRED PIG 
              
                - Genetic composition: Large White  Yorkshire (25%) + Landrace (25%) + Duroc (50%)
 
                - Faster body weight gain 90-100 kg (8  months)
 
                - Better feed efficiency (3.82)
 
                - Low cost of production
 
                - Lean meat (Back fat thickness - 2.53 cm  against a normal of 4-5 cm)
 
                - Consumer preference
 
                - Cost of production /kg of pork: Rs.  133.50
 
                - Selling price of 1 kg of pork : Rs.  200.00
 
                - Net profit per kg of pork : Rs. 66.50
 
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            NAMAKKAL  CHICKEN I  
              
                - This new crossbred chicken can be used  for both egg and meat production
 
                - Improved 12th week (market age) body  weight
 
                - Improved livability
 
                - Adaptable to backyard rearing
 
                - Improved carcass qualities 
 
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            NANDANAM  CHICKEN IV  
              
                - Highly suited to backyard system of  rearing under different agro-climatic conditions of Tamil Nadu
 
              - Weight of day old chick (g) : 36
 
              - Weight at 20 weeks of age (kg) : 1.3
 
              - Age at sexual maturity (days) : 140
 
              - Egg production (21-72 weeks of age) :  190
 
              - Hen-housed egg production (%) : 53
 
              - Hen-day egg production (%) : 65
 
              - Mean egg weight (g) : 52
 
              - Livability (20-40 weeks) : 97
 
              - Feed efficiency per dozen of eggs : 2.7
 
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            NANDANAM TURKEY II
              
                - An improved variety of Beltsville Small  White turkey
 
              - market weight of 3020 g at 16 week of  age
 
              - High carcass yield (75.36%)
 
              - Excellent livability (95%)
 
              - Egg Production (24 - 44 weeks) - 70 eggs
 
              - Adapts well to backyard farming  conditions 
 
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            NANDANAM  QUAIL I  
              
                - Livability 98% (0 to 30 days)
 
              - Mean egg weight 14.9 gm
 
              - Mean hatch weight – 9.99 gm
 
              - Egg production (from 7 to 47 weeks of  age) 81.5%
 
              - Mean fertility rate 86.3%
 
              - Mean total hatchability 79.5%
 
              - Adult male body weight 313.0 gm
 
              - Adult female body weight 346.8 gm
 
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            NANDANAM  QUAIL III  
              
                - High yielding meat type quail
 
              - Developed by eighteen generations of  selective breeding for body weight, feed efficiency, hatchability and  livability
 
              - Excellent Livability of 95%
 
              - Excellent body weight gain
 
              - Male    :  200 g at 6th week
 
              - Female :  247 g at 6th week
 
              - Feed efficiency           : 2.70
 
              - Well adopted to environmental conditions  of Tamil Nadu
 
              - Better disease resistance
 
              - Improvement in feed efficiency
 
              - Higher profit margin for entrepreneurs
 
              - Tender and tastier meat quality
 
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            NAMAKKAL GOLD QUAIL 
               
            
              
                | S. No.  | 
                Parameter | 
                Namakkal Gold Quail | 
                Other quail | 
               
              
                | 1 | 
                Egg production  
                  (Hen-housed from 7-57 weeks)  | 
                257  | 
                170  | 
               
              
                | 2 | 
                Economical egg production period  | 
                1 Year 
                  (52 weeks)  | 
                9 Months  
                  (36 weeks)  | 
               
              
                | 3 | 
                Highest egg production (%)  | 
                99.2  | 
                89.0  | 
               
              
                | 4 | 
                Average egg weight  | 
                13.2 g  | 
                11.5 g  | 
               
              
                | 5 | 
                Average feed consumption during laying period  | 
                33.3 g  | 
                32.0 g  | 
               
              
                | 6 | 
                Average livability during laying period  | 
                95%  | 
                80%  | 
               
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            NANDANAM  GUINEA FOWL I  
              
                - Improved meat type pearl Guinea fowl  variety
 
              - 12th week (market age) body weight of  950-1000g
 
              - Improved livability of 95%
 
              - More suitable for backyard rearing under  agro climatic conditions of Tamil Nadu
 
              - Improved carcass qualities
 
              - Useful in socioeconomic upliftment of  resource poor rural women
 
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