Economically Important Breed

• Layer type

• 280-300 eggs per year

• 2- 2.7 kg live weight at 22 weeks

• Italy

• Produced high volume large white eggs

White leghorn

• Layer type

• 300-350 eggs per year

• 2-2.3 kg live weight at 18 weeks

• France

• High egg production, early layers, and low maintenance

Isa brown

• Layer type

• 300-320 eggs per year

• 1.9-2.2 kg live weight at 18-19 weeks

• Germany

• Brown feathers, high performance layer

Lohmann brown

• Layer type

• 300-360 eggs per year

• 1.9-2.1kg live weight at 20 weeks

• USA

• Robust health and strong livability produce brown eggs

Hy-line brown

• Layer type

• 250-300 eggs/year

• United States of America

• High egg production, ideal for long laying cycles

Dekalb

• Layer type

• 290-300 eggs per year

• USA

• Strong shell quality, adaptable to different system and climate

Babcock

• broiler type

• 2.4-2.5 kg at 38-42

• UK

• Fast growth, robuts, high meat yield, consistent performance

Ross 308

• Broiler type

• 2.52 kg live weight at 35 days

• USA

• Fast growth, excellent feed efficiency, uniform body size

Cobb 500

• Broiler ype

• 2.7 kg live weight at 6 weeks; up to 2.9kg by 8 weeks

• USA

• fast growth, high meat yield, good feed efficiency

Arbor acres

• Broiler type

• 1.8-2.4 kg live weight at around 35-42 days

• France

• Typically white plummage, calm, disposition, adaptable

Hubbarb

• Dual-purpose

• 200 eggs per year, 3- 3.5 kg live weight at 16-20 weeks

• USA

• Good mothering ability, yellow skin, single comb, yellow legs, deep and broad body

Plymouth rock

• Dual-purpose

• 200-300 egg per year, 3kg live weigh at 18-20 weeks

• USA

• Deep red plumage, hardy, good layer

Rhode island red

• Dual-purpose

• 200-250 large, light brown eggs per year

• 2.5-3kg in aabout 16-20 weeks

• UK, Southeast England

• White body with a black neck and tail,

Sussex

• Dual- purpose

• 250-300 light brown, medium to large eggs per year

• 2.5-3kg in about 18-20 weeks

• Australia

• Shiny black feathers with a greenish sheen

Australia

• Meat type

• 150 - 200 large, brown eggs per yaer

• 4-5 kg in about 24-28 weeks

• USA

• Largest chicken breed, with feathered legs and feet

Brahma

• Dual purpose

• 175-220 medium to large light brown eggs per year

• 3-4 kg in about 20-22 weeks

• England

• Large, fluffy feathers,

Orpington

• Dual-type chicken

• 90-120 eggs per year

• 1-1.5 kg at 60 days

• Palawan, Philippines

• Slow-growing native breed (4-6months), with a tall, muscular, long legged body

Paraoakan

• Dual type chicken

• 100-130 eggs per year

• 1-1.2kg at 4 months

• Western Visaya, Philippine

• Slow to moderate growing, native breed, with medium, lean, and muscular body

Darag

• Exotic or ornamental type

• China

• Slow growing exotic with small, fluffy, black-skinned body

Silkie

• Exotic or ornamental type

• Indonesia

• Slow-growing exotic with all black appearance

Ayam cemani

• bantam(small chicken), exotic/ornamental

• Kelantan, ,Malaysia

• The world’s smallest chicken, up right posture, proud chest, friendly temperament, popular as pet due to its gentle and confident behavior.

Serama

• Cockfighting, breeding, utility

• USA

• Strong, muscular body, aggressive nature, excellent stamina, agility, glossy plumage, alert and intelligent

American gamefowl

• Cockfighting, breeding stock, dominant strain of gamefowl

• USA

• Aggressive, fast, and aerial fighting, style, coupled with high stamina, and resilience, medium to large, red or yellow feathers, white or yellow legs

Sweater

• Gamefowl bloodline type, superior fighting ability, durability, and heart in cockfighting, breed for cockfighting

• USA

• Fighting ability, durability, foundation line, physical attributes, resilience, broad and powerful body, green-legged red or brown plumage.

Gilmore hatch

• meat production

• for layer type but not primarily for layer 70-120 eggs per year

• 16-20 kg at 16-20 weeks

• USA

• large size with broad breasts, rich bronze-colored feathers with black accents, fast growth rate, high quality meat, social birds, often used in commercial turkey production.

Broad breasted bronze

• Meat type

• 12-14kg and 7-9kg female at 16-20 weeks

• USA

• Large body size, broad breast, white feathers for clean carcass, fast growth rate, and high feed efficiency.

Broad breasted white

• meat production, fur produciton, show breed, lab research

• USA, california

• Broad, muscular body, upright ears, snowy white coat, ruby pink eyes

• 4.5-5.4 kg, bucks weight 4.1-5kg

New Zealand white rabbit

• Meat production, show breed, pets

• USA, california

• White coat with black or dark brown markings on the nose, ears, feet, and tail (himalayan markings, compact rounded body 8-10.5 pounds

Californian rabbit

• Wool production (angora fiber), pets, show, breed

• Turkey (ankara region) diff breed were developed in different countries, england, france, germany, and USA

• long, soft wool, that requires regular grooming, diff breeds have variation in size, ear carriage, and wool type, black, white, blue, chocolate, and various other shades.

Angora rabbit

• Meat type

• Netherlands

• Distinctive drooping ears that hang down on each side of their head, sometimes even reaching the ground

Lop

• Milk production

• Saudia Arabia

• Large, tall, heavy build, with a striking dark brown to nearly black coat

Majaheem

• Milk, meat, wool production also as form of transporation.

• Saudi Arabia

• Bright white fur,

Waddah

• Meat and milk, transport, wool, hair and hide

• Arabian Peninsula

• Dark pigment withers top shoulder, top of neck, dorsal, footpad, and toes, and tip of the hump

Sofor

• Primarly for transportation, but also milk, meat, hair, and dung as fuel,

• Afghanistan, Tajikistan, and western china

• Two large humps for fat storage, thick shaggy coat, sheds in summer, adapt to harsh, cold, deserts, long eyelashes to protect eye from sand and nostrils can close.

Domestic bactrian

• Draft animal, used for breeding mules

• France, Poitou

• Long, shaggy, often matted coat, referred as cadenette, large head, long ears, largest donkey breed.

Poitou donkey

• Draft but also for recreation, trail riding and livestock guardian

• USA

• Large size, muscular buold, large expressive features, long upright ears, wide set eyes.

American Mammoth jackspot

• Egg type

• Philippines

• Black plumage, white bib, black bill and shanks, hardy and higher egg producer

IP black

• Egg type

• Philippines

• Uniform khaki- brown plumage, plain neck, green bill, or black bill, goo egg producer, adaptable to local conditions.

IP khaki

• egg type

• Philippines

• Brown plummage, females lighter brown, males darker, early layer, 18 weeks, high productivity

IP kayumanggi

• egg type

• Philippines

• Excellent egg layer with light brown plumage, active and good foragers, produces white eggs

Pateros duck

• Egg type / light meat production

• 250-300 eggs

• 2- 2.5kg at 8-10 weeks

• England

• Excellent egg layer, light brown plumage, active and good foragers, produces white eggs

Khaki campbell

• Egg- type

• 250-300 eggs

• 1.4-2kg at 8-10 weeks

• India

• Tall, upright, posture, very active and good foragers, lays white to bluish eggs.

Indian runner

• Dual purpose

• 200-220 eggs

• 2.5-3kg at 8-10 weeks

• UK

• Buff or light brown plumage, calm temperament, good forager, medium body size

Orpington duck

• Meat type

• 120-150 eggs

• 2.5-3.5 kg in 6-8 weeks

• China

• Large white body, fast growing, tender meat, calm temperament, most popular commercial meat duck breed.

Pekin duck

• meat production

• 100-150 eggs

• 3-3.5 kg at 8-10 weeks

• UK

• White plumage, pink bill and legs, large frame, calm temperament, excellent meat quality, less heat-tolerant than tropical breeds

Aylesbury duck

• Meat producton, pest control sometimes

• 80-150 eggs per year

• 2.5-3.5 kg at 16-20 weeks

• South America and Central Americ

• Large size, with males up to 6kg, red and black knobs on the face, males have distinctive hissing sound, strong wings, good for flying.

Muscovy duck

• Racing or messenger, long distance flying competittion

• Belgium

• Strong wings, excellent homing ability, sleek body, and fast flying speed.

Racing homer

• meat type

• US

• large body. white feathers, calm temperament, bred mainly for size and meat yield

King pigeon

• Ornamental or exhibiton type

• India

• Fan-shaped tail with 30-40 feathers, upright posture, gentle nature, and used mostly for shows or pets

Fantail

• Meat type

• 30-40 eggs

• 9-12kg at 24-28 weeks

• Germany

• Pure white plumage, orange bill and legs, fast- growing, excellent meat yield, and calm temperament

Embden

• Dual-purpose

• 20-35 eggs

• 9-11 kg at 26-30 weeks

• France

• Gray plumage, large body, sagging belly, gentlye disposition, and excellent fat- liver (foie gras) producer

Toulouse

• Dual purpose

• 35- 45 eggs

• 7-9kg at 20- 24 weeks

• China

• large, heavy bodied goose, with gray or brown plumage, prominent black knob at the base of the bill, thick neck with dewlap, hardy and calm temperament, good forager, and capable of high meat yield

african goose

• Dual purpose

• 40-100 eggs

• 4-5 kg at 20-24 weeks

• China

• Slender neck, knob at the base of the bill, active and noisy, good foragers, prolific layers

Chinese goose

• meat and egg production

• Guinea

• Helmet like head spotted gray plumage

Guinea fowl

• dual purpose

• 250-300 eggs

• 200-250 gram at 5-6 weeks

• Japan

• Small body size, brown-speckled plumage, early maturity, egg layer, excellent feed efficiency, adaptable to cage and intensive care

Japanase seattle

• dual production

• Sudan

• runs up to 70km

red-necked ostrich

• Eusocial insect, kept for crop pollination and honey, beeswax production

• Native to europe, Western Asia, africa, all place except antarctica

• Most distributed and domesticated bee species, worker bees possess a barber stinger that tears away from their body after stinging a mammal, result in death

European honeybee

• Eusosial

• Asia

• Resistant to varroa mite, a parasite, strong defensive behavior against wasps, group mechanism known as shimmering or bee balling, clusters of bees vibrate their flight muscle to overheat and kill intrude. Small than western honey bees, small nest

Asian honeybee

• lukot, kiwot, kiyot, libog, and kelulut

• Honey and wax production

• Tropical asian countries

• Stingless

Philippine stingless bee

• red pig or red power

• USA

• Fast growth, good meat quality, disease resistance

• can be aggressive, prone to fat deposition

Duroc

• Yorkshire or the mother breed

• England

• High fertility, excellent mothering ability, good carcass quality

• Sensitive to heat, need careful management

Large white

• Belgium

• High percentage of lean meat, used widely in crossbreeding to improve carcass quality, good feed conversion

• very sensitive to heat and stress, poor mothering ability, low fertility and milk production

pietrain

• the belt

• England

• hardy, adaptable, good carcass quality, good feed conversion, performs well in crossbreeding programs

• Small litter size, can be agressive, slower growth compared to landrace or large white.

Hampshire

• six white points

• England

• Excellent meat flavor, and marbling, docile temperament, early maturity

• Smaller litter size, slower groth rate, high fat content than commerial breeds.

Berkshire

• USA, Ohio

• Large body size and fast growth, efficient feed conversion, adaptable to different management systems,

• Poor mothering ability, low milk production, lower fertility

Poland china

• Irish grazer or the ham

• England

• Excellent in producing bacon, hardy, have good mothering ability

• Slower growth rate compared to modern breeds of swine.

Tamworth

• USA

• strong mothering ability, durable, good for crossbreeding

• Sensitive to sunburn due to their white skin

Chester white

• Chinese black pig

• China

• highly productive, controllable, excellent feed efficiency

• high fat content and slower growth rate

Meishan

• Dairy type

• 22-35 L per day

• 0.036- 0.038 kg/L of butterfat

• netherlands

• High milk yield, black &white, large frame

Holstein friesian

• Dairy

• 18-25 liters

• 5.0 butterfat kg/L

• Channel Island

• Small size, light brown coat, high butterfat content

Jersey

• dairy

• 25-30 liters

• 4.1% butterfat kg/L

• Switzerland

• brown coat, docile, high milk volume, and protein

Brown swiss

• dairy type

• 10-15 L/Day

• 0.045-.0.5 Kg/L of butterfat

• India

• Curved horns, gentle, high butterfat

Gir

• Dairy type

• 10-15 L/day

• 0.045-0.05 Kg/L

• Pakistan/ India

• High heat tolerance, tick-resistant

Sahiwal

• Dairy type

• 12-15 liters

• 0.045-0.05 Kg/L

• Pakistan

• Reddish-brown coat, heat tolerant, good milk yield

Red sindhi

• Dairy type

• 18-25 L/day

• 0.038-0.042 kg/L

• Scotland

• Vigorous, adaptable, good udder conformation

Ayrshire

• Dairy

• 20-25 liters

• 0.038-0.04 kg/L

• channel island

• Golden-red and white coat, rich milk with high beta carotene

Guernsey

• Beed or draft

• India or usa

• hump, heat tolerant, loose skin

Brahman

• beef or draft

• Italy

• Tallest breed, white coat, used for meat and draft

Chianina

• Beef type

• Australia

• Grey coat, polled, good carcass quality

Murray grey

• Beef type

• France

• White coat, muscular, fast growth rate

Charolais

• beef type

• England

• red body, white face, docile, hardy

Hereford

• beef type

• USA

• Long horns, hardy, lean meat

Texas longhorn

• beef type

• Scotland

• Black coat, marble meat, polled

Angus

• Beef or draft

• India

• Long legs, heat-resistant, used in crossbreeding

Nellore

• beef or draft

• Philippines

• Indigenous, used for farm work, hardy

Philamin

• Japan

• Wagyu beef

• Superior marbling and tenderness

• 29-32 months of age is harvested

• 700-800 kg and a carcass weight of 430-470kg

Japanese black cattle

• dual purpose

• 15-20 L/Day

• 0.038-0.04 kg/L

• England

• Versatile, good for milk and meat

Milking shorthorn

• dual purpose

• 18-25 L/day

• 0.038-0.04 kg/L

• Switzerland

• Large, strong, good milk and beef yield

Simmental

• Dairy type

• 8- 16 L milk per day

• 7-8% kg/L butterfat

• strong, heavy and compact body

Indian murrah

• Dairy type

• 8-12 L milk per day

• 7-9% kg/L butterfat

• Philippines

• Strong and compact, known also as the national animal of the Philippines

Carabao

• dual purpose type

• around 5-8 liters of milk per day

• 7-8 kg/L of butterfat

• India

• Milk has high butterfat content, ideal for ghee and dairy production

Surti

• Dairy type

• 10-15 Liters per day

• 6-8% butter fat kg/L

• Pakistan

• Large black body, curved horns, highly productive milk

Nili ravi

• dairy type

• 10-15 liters per day

• 6-8% kg/L of butterfat

• Pakistan

• Large black body, curved horns, highly productive milk

Italian mediterranean

• Dairy type

• around 10-15 of milk liters per day

• 6-8% kg/L of buttermilk

• India

• large, heavy body with drooping horns and high milk yield

Jafarabadi

• dual purpose

• 3.8 to 5.7 Liters per day

• Europe

• Straight facial profile, erect ears, temperament marked by being curious, friendly, and gentle, key feature is lack of a set color

Alpine

• Dual purpose

• 2.7 to 3.1 L milk per day

• UK

• Long and pendulous ears, a distinctly convex facial profile, often called roman nose, produces milk and exceptionally high butterfat content and known for its adaptability to hot climates.

Anglo-nubian

• Meat

• 0.6 to 1.7 Liters of milk per day

• Most productive meat goat, rapid growth, excellent carcass qaulity, exceptional hardiness across diverse, often harsh, environment

Boer

• Milk type

• 3-4 Liters/day of milk

• Switzerland

• White coat, short hair, gentle, highest milk producing goat breed.

Saanen

• Milk type

• 2-3 liters/day of mlik

• Switzerland

• Brown coat with white markings, erect ears, good milk quality

Toggenburg

• milk type

• 2-3 Liters/dau of milk

• USA

• Very short gopher or elf ears, calm, good temperament, good milk yield.

American lamancha