Using naked gene to breed hairless chicken in Israel

Introduction: new page 1 a red hairless chicken born with a special "naked gene" was developed by geneticist Kanner of Hebrew University in Israel This strange looking new breed not only has less fat and rich nutrition, but also can save costs and reduce environmental pollution for the breeding industry The red skin hairless chicken, HMF, has good heat dissipation and low fat characteristics, which makes it suitable for breeding in tropical climate countries Without feathers, the benefits are not only the growth of chickens themselves, but also the cost of equipment and power used for ventilation and heat dissipation in chicken farms can be greatly reduced In addition The environmental benefits are immeasurable due to the elimination of the process of plucking chicken feathers, which is characterized by large water consumption and serious pollution HMF kahner says his goal is to move hairless traits to fast-growing broilers He also reminded that hairless chickens are not worth popularizing in all places Cold weather can cause damage and disease HMF