Phenotypic and morphometric characterization of local muscovy ducks raised in West Africa, Benin

• Daouda Libanio ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Supervision

  * E-mail: libaniod@yahoo.fr

  ¶☯ These authors contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Animal Production, Faculty of Agricultural Science, University of Abomey-Calavi, Abomey-Calavi, Benin

  https://orcid.org/0009-0003-0177-4315

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• Lionel Kinkpe ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Lionel Kinkpe

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  ¶☯ These authors contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Livestock Management, Breeding and Genetics, The University of Agriculture Peshawar-Pakistan, Peshawar, Pakistan

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• Tchilabalou Bouassi,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Togolese Institute of Agricultural Research (ITRA), Lomé, Togo

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• Milognon Boris Behingan,

  Roles Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Animal Production, Faculty of Agricultural Science, University of Abomey-Calavi, Abomey-Calavi, Benin

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• Naqash Goswami,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Sindh Agriculture University Tandojam, Pakistan

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• Ogechi E. Kadurumba,

  Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Animal Science and Technology, Federal University of Technology, Owerri, Nigeria

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• Anthony Pokoo-Aikins,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology

  Affiliation US National Poultry Research Center, Toxicology and Mycotoxin Research Unit, USDA ARS, Athens, GA, 30605, USA

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• Frederic Mankpondji Houndonougbo,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Animal Production, Faculty of Agricultural Science, University of Abomey-Calavi, Abomey-Calavi, Benin

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• Christophe Archille Armand Chrysostome

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Animal Production, Faculty of Agricultural Science, University of Abomey-Calavi, Abomey-Calavi, Benin

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