Micrometrical studies on the gizzard of Kadaknath fowl

Abstract

Kadaknath is a famous Indian poultry breed and pride of Madhya Pradesh. It is also known as “Kala Masi” because of the black color meat, skin, tongue, beak, legs and intestines. So it requires a continuous research to add scientific inputs. Digestive system is vital which needs to be explored starting from its basic structural peculiarities and as there is paucity of literature pertaining to the micrometrical studies of gizzard of Kadaknath breed of fowl. Therefore, this study was embarked to act as base line data for this breed for further research.