Effect of different diets on the behaviour of slow-growing broiler genotype
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Date
2009-03
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Taylor & Francis
Abstract
A total of 420 male day-old-chicks of a slow-growing genetic line (Hubbard ISA Red JA) were used as the trial material. The treatment groups were: Dilute-AL (energy and protein diluted diet fed ad libitum), Dilute-R (restricted energy and protein diluted diet), High-AL (high energy and protein diet fed ad libitum) and High-R (restricted high energy and protein diet). Restricted birds showed a greater percentage of time spot pecking, preening and in feather maintenance and less time resting than birds fed ad libitum but the differences were relatively small.
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Behaviour, Diet, Free-range, Performance, Chickens, Performance, Lameness, Protein, Welfare, Agriculture, Aves
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İpek, A. vd. (2009). "Effect of different diets on the behaviour of slow-growing broiler genotype". Journal of Applied Animal Research, 35(1), 87-90.