A mobile system for rearing meat chickens on pasture

The effect of grazing on the productive performance and meat quality was evaluated for chickens (Ross 308, n = 192). Chickens were kept in two pens on wooden shavings (2 × 96) from one day of age. On day 23 of age, one group was moved to a pasture and kept in a portable floorless pen with an area of...

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Main Authors: M. Skřivan, S.H. Pickinpaugh, V. Pavlů, E. Skřivanová, M. Englmaierová
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences 2015-02-01
Series:Czech Journal of Animal Science
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Online Access:https://cjas.agriculturejournals.cz/artkey/cjs-201502-0002_a-mobile-system-for-rearing-meat-chickens-on-pasture.php