A commercial descendant is not the conservation population
Knowledge for understanding and preserving Leghorn – Non-Industrial.
The club acknowledges White Leghorn influence in high-output egg hybrids. That abundance cannot be used as a census of every non-industrial Leghorn variety or breeding line. The educational distinction is between ancestry contributing to an industry and a coherent heritage population maintained in its own right. Performance comparisons should specify which of those is being measured.
Sources behind this article
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