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countries, is native chicken. So, they should be taken into consideration
in poultry improvement programs. Indeed, egg and meat production of indigenous
chickens in Iran have been considered by different researchers. In this
study, various works have been studied for different years and investigated
some results regarding laying and meat production traits of Iranian indigenous
chickens, as well as their crossings with exotic breeds.]]>Aini, I.,1990465157Barua, A., M.A.R. Howlider and Y. Yoshimura,199854279286Ansari, S., M.A. Edriss, J. Pourreza, M. Khorvash, M. Javaheri and S. Tadaionfar,199630135137Ansari, S., M.A. Edriss and J. Pourreza,1997168396Edriss, M.A., J. Pourreza and S. Esmaeilkhanian, 19951995Edriss, M.A., J. Pourreza and S. Ansari,199935161Edriss, M.A., H. Khosravinia and J. Pourreza,200046980Farid, A., M.J. Zamiri and J. Pourreza,1987231319Farid, A., J. Pourreza and A. Davoodian,1990253745Gueye, E.F.,200318185195Khosravinia, H., M.A. Edriss, J. Pourreza and S. Ansari,199933549Makarechian, M., A. Farid and E. Simhaee,1983291525Makarechian, M., A. Farid, A. Nik-Khah and E. Simhaee,1983294551Mirhoseini, S.Z.,19901990Tadelle, D., Y. Alemu and K.J. Peters,199956111Vali, N.,19921992