Paper Title
A Review of West Sumatera Local Ducks as Poultry Genetic Resources in Indonesia

Abstract
Local poultry plays an important role for smallholders and contributes significantly to food security of households in rural area communities. Duck is considered as the second most preferred poultry species in Indonesia after chicken used as supplier of eggs and meats. Duck breeds (Anas platyrhynchos) are important genetic resources which are therefore used for improvement of duck breeds genetic in the future. West Sumatera Province has five well-known local duck breeds; four breeds as producer of meats and eggs named Pitalah, Bayang, Sikumbang Jonti, and Kamang and Payakumbuh duck breed as racing duck. This article aims to compare the phenotypic traits of those five local duck breeds as a purpose to provide some baseline information on typical West Sumatra local duck breeds for genetic characterization, conservation and future breeding improvement programs. Keywords - Pitalah, Bayang, Sikumbang Jonti, Payakumbuh race ducks.