Abstract
During the second survey on the Korean native livestock in 1982, 14 male and 42 female native chickens were measured for the morphometric comparison between the Korean native fowl and the other Asian native fowls (Indonesian, Philippine and Malaysian). Both multivariate and univariate analyses were made in this study. The following morphological characteristics were revealed. 1) The Korean native cock composes the largest group in size with the Indonesian and the game type of Philippine and Malaysian native cocks. 2) For the shape, the Korean native cock is similar to the Indonesian and the game type of Malaysian cock, but very different from the Philippine. 3) The Korean native hen is the largest in size among the Asian native hens examined, and even larger than the non-game type of Philippine and Malaysian cocks. 4) In the Korean native fowl, a large sexual difference was observed in size, but not in shape. In the present study, the variables obtained from 8 body measurements were used for the principal component analysis. Of these variables, the length of wing and long bones was applicable to discrimination of the size and shape of the chicken body formation.
