Current situation of the Zagorje turkey in Croatia

Authors

  • Stjepan Mužic Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb, 10000 Zagreb, Svetošimunska 25, Croatia , Fakultät für Landwirtschaft, Universität Zagreb, 10000 Zagreb, Svetošimunska 25. Kroatien
  • Zlatko Janječić Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb, 10000 Zagreb, Svetošimunska 25, Croatia , Fakultät für Landwirtschaft, Universität Zagreb, 10000 Zagreb, Svetošimunska 25. Kroatien
  • Maria Dikić Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb, 10000 Zagreb, Svetošimunska 25, Croatia , Fakultät für Landwirtschaft, Universität Zagreb, 10000 Zagreb, Svetošimunska 25. Kroatien
  • Karmen Sinković Croatian Livestock Selection Centre, 10000 Zagreb, Kačićeva 9/III, Croatia , Kroatisches Tierzuchtzentrum für Selektion, 10000 Zagreb, Kačićeva 9/III. Kroatien

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31914/aak.1550

Keywords:

turkey, body measurements, Croatia

Abstract

The Zagorje turkey has been reared for more than four centuries in Croatia, in the region of Hrvatsko Zagorje, the major part of which today belongs to the present Krapina-Zagorje and Varazdin counties. The current population of the breeding flock is estimated at 1506 birds. The research was carried on 147 family farms in the region of Hrvatsko Zagorje which rear turkeys of the Zagorje turkey type. A total of 753 birds were weighed and the average weight of cocks and hens was 6.8 kg and 3.9 kg respectively. According to the farmers' reports, the average annual laying rate was 20.6 eggs of which 16.7 adult birds are reared. As regards feather colour, the Zagorje turkey may be subdivided into five varieties of which the bronze variety is the most numerous (50%). The body measurements of the present Zagorje turkeys, such as the body length, body width and the breast bone length and breast depth are not significantly different from those established in 1937.

Author Biographies

  • Stjepan Mužic, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb, 10000 Zagreb, Svetošimunska 25, Croatia, Fakultät für Landwirtschaft, Universität Zagreb, 10000 Zagreb, Svetošimunska 25. Kroatien

    corresponding author
    ijuric@agr.hr

  • Zlatko Janječić, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb, 10000 Zagreb, Svetošimunska 25, Croatia, Fakultät für Landwirtschaft, Universität Zagreb, 10000 Zagreb, Svetošimunska 25. Kroatien

    corresponding author
    ijuric@agr.hr

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Published

1999-07-15

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 2 (1999): Acta Agraria Kaposváriensis

Section

Section 3 – Poultry Breeding Science

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Copyright (c) 1999 Stjepan Mužic, Zlatko Janječić, Maria Dikić, Karmen Sinković

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How to Cite

Mužic, S., Janječić, Z., Dikić, M., & Sinković, K. (1999). Current situation of the Zagorje turkey in Croatia. Acta Agraria Kaposváriensis, 3(2), 213-218. https://doi.org/10.31914/aak.1550

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