The First author: Hou Shuisheng, professor, Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering, is mainly engaged in the research of waterfowl breeding and breeding technology.

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China is the first country of duck meat production and consumption, duck meat production of more than 10 million tons, but the lean white feather meat duck breeding source has a long-term dependence on foreign breeds, and the cost of introducing seeds is still high. In order to win the war for the meat duck breeding industry, Hou Shuisheng academician team used quantitative genetics breeding theory and modern breeding equipment and technology to breed the “Zhongxin Grassland white feather meat duck” supporting line, completely broke the foreign lean white feather meat duck monopoly on the Chinese market. Zhongxin white feather meat duck has moderate size and growth rate, high FCR, well-developed breast meat and muscular stomach, thin skin and low skin fat rate, suitable for splitting and processing duck meat food. Its parent breeder ducks lay more than 280 eggs at 75 weeks of age, and the survival rate of commercial generation ducks from 1 to 42 days of age is 98.2%, with an average weight of 3359 grams at 42 days of age, a meat ratio of 1.85:1, a breast meat rate of 16.6%, a leg meat rate of 11.9%, and a skin fat rate of 18.4%, with production performance indicators reaching international leading levels.