Health effects of feed dilution and roughage in Ross 308 broiler breeder cockerels
ABSTRACT: To ensure reproductivity and prevent obesity, broiler breeder's growth rate is controlled by quantitative feed restriction. However, feed restriction is associated with chronic hunger, frustration, and abnormal behaviors, thus representing a welfare problem. Feed diluted with insolubl...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2023-10-01
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Series: | Poultry Science |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0032579123005047 |