Research Note: Estimation of individual feed intake of broiler chickens in group-housing systems

ABSTRACT: In most experiments, broiler chickens are group-housed and share the same feeder in a given cage or pen. Correction of feed intake in a given pen is sometimes required in the event of mortality or identification of birds within a pen as outliers. For this reason, an accurate estimation of...

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Main Authors: Jung Yeol Sung, Olayiwola Adeola
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-04-01
Series:Poultry Science
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0032579122000578