An Israeli geneticist created the world’s first hairless breed.
Mutations in DNA codes can do a lot of good in animals. The featherless chicken is a variation of farmed chicken that originated at the Jewish University of Israel.
This is a breed of chicken bred by Israeli scientists for the purpose of adapting to Israel’s hot climate, more comprehensive than that country’s poultry industry.
Professor Avigdor Cahaner said: “We are from a featherless wild breed known for 50 years. It is identical to a normal chicken except it has no feathers. Also chickens. It will grow very quickly because it doesn’t need energy to grow hair. “
Perhaps, compared to other breeds of chickens, the poultry farmer will not have to spend a lot of money on cooling systems on farms.
In addition, all the nutrients the chicken eats will be converted into meat, not divided by the hair growth, so the chicken will grow faster.
In fact, hairless chickens are not DNA mutated chickens, but due to special breeding, researchers only breed less feathered chickens and then gradually breed them to create these hairless flocks.
Featherless chickens live very comfortably in hot climates, the absence of feathers will help cool the body when the outside temperature rises.
However, poultry experts have objections to this study because it is difficult for a featherless chicken to achieve good health. A male without feathers will not be able to step on the hen, as he cannot flap his wings for balance when he climbs over the hen.
De plus, les poulets sans poils sont plus sensibles aux maladies de la peau et aux parasites qui sont plus faciles à attaquer. Les moustiques peuvent sucer librement le sang des poulets. Et la peau de poulet est également plus sensible aux coups de soleil.
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