Morphostructure of chickens, ducks and turkeys from primary backyard populations in the eastern dry corridor of Guatemala.

Abstract

The current guidelines in the fight against poverty have as their main indicator the families that are in poverty or extreme poverty, a situation that the east of the dry corridor of Guatemala possesses. The peasants maintain a backyard poultry farm because it is an important element for their food security, they do not have enough land to work, they have few economic resources and limited employment opportunities, which makes their livelihood vulnerable. The objective of this research was to characterize the primary populations of domestic birds such as chickens, turkeys, and ducks based on their lengths, perimeters, diameters, height, and live weight in the eastern dry corridor of Guatemala. the quantitative ones with a univariate and multivariate analysis. The results of the morphostructural characterization of the backyard birds presented a medium zoometric variability, homogeneity and body harmony and main components that allow describing each of the birds under study. More systematic work is required to characterize these local breeds of domestic animals to discover their full productive potential, which is part of history, a reservoir of resistance and adaptation genes.