Effect of beak trimming at hatch and the inclusion of oat hulls in the diet on growth performance, feed preference, exploratory pecking behavior, and gastrointestinal tract traits of brown-egg pullets from hatch to 15 weeks of age

Effect of beak trimming at hatch and the inclusion of oat hulls in the diet on growth performance, feed preference, exploratory pecking behavior, and gastrointestinal tract traits of brown-egg pullets from hatch to 15 weeks of age

ABSTRACT: The influence of infrared beak trimming at hatch (IRBT) and the inclusion of oat hulls (OH) in the diet on growth performance, feed preference, exploratory pecking behavior, and gastrointestinal tract (GIT) development, was studied in brown-egg pullets from 0 to 15 wk of age. The experimen...

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Main Authors: J. Ben-Mabrouk, G.G. Mateos, A.F. de Juan, L. Aguirre, L. Cámara
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-09-01
Series:Poultry Science
Subjects:
feed particle size
gastrointestinal tract
infrared beak treatment
oat hulls
pullet pecking behavior
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0032579122003352

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