Starving for nutrients: anorexia during infection with parasites in broilers is affected by diet composition

ABSTRACT: In 2 experiments, we investigated whether diet composition plays a role in pathogen-induced anorexia, the voluntary reduction in ADFI during infection in broilers. We hypothesized that either energy or CP dietary content could influence the extent of anorexia in Ross 308 broilers and infec...

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Main Authors: James Taylor, Panagiotis Sakkas, Ilias Kyriazakis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-01-01
Series:Poultry Science
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0032579121005575