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9 Muscovy
9 Muscovy
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All in all, this bird deserves more attention than it has received so far in Third World livestock projects. Dispersed around the warm and hot regions of the world, muscovies already exist in small numbers in backyards and villages, much like the domestic chicken in previous centuries.
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126 MICROLIVESTOCK sit 9.,, ~ 1 say . L ~Hi Muscovies and chickens in a village in Benin, West Africa.
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DISTRIBUTION The native range of the muscovy's probable wild ancestor covers much of Central America and northern South America. The domestic form also occurs over most of Latin America from southern Chile to the northern limits of traditional culture in lowland Mexico-including 2 In general, the wild type is black, the highly bred commercial is white, and others are all grades in-between
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If quality forage is available, only a small daily ration of grain or pellets is required for them to reach peak production. Muscovy females normally hatch and raise large broods efficiently.
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Although they forage over a larger area than chickens, they generally neither decamp nor wander as far as common ducks. Domesticated muscovies are either solitary or live together in small family groups, but sometimes in winter they flock together on bodies of water.
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It took flypaper, fly traps, and bait cards anywhere from 15 to 86 hours to suppress the populations that much. Moving to field tests, the researchers placed pairs of twoyear-old muscovies on several Ontario farms.
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4 Indeed, perhaps because of this, Israel is a big muscovy producer. 5 National Academy of Sciences, 1976, Making Aquatic Weeds Useful: Some Perspectives for Developing Countries, Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press, p.
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[Iowever, Taiwan has made the most outstanding use of this "mule duck." Thanks in part to m muscovy hybrid, Taiwan's duck industry has grown rapidly in the last decade. The total value of duck products now exceeds $346 million per year.
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Fortunately adlOclal lnsemloatlon ~ weN developed and Is a standard pad of ~rmlng p~cUce in again. Mule duck are successful bemuse they have less fat than ~ broker chlc~n and they grow aster indeed, they On rich a market Might of 2.8 ~ at 6~75 days of age, depending upon the withes season, and management in paw this fast grog Is bemuse they are sterna and waste no energy In preparing far a seal Sentence or In laying eggs.
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The female's strong parental qualities help assure the survival of ducklings with a minimum of human intervention. Her ability to 6 However, to get 100 or more eggs per female per year is only possible with efficient management, and then only with ducks in their first or second laying year.
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Muscovies can be unsuspected carriers of poultry diseases, so that healthy-looking muscovies may infect the other species. RESEARCH AND CONSERVATION NEEDS Poultry scientists should unite in efforts to advance technical knowledge and public appreciation of this bird.
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