The relationships between cage floor preferences and performance in broiler chickens
Two experiments were conducted with broiler chickens to determine cage floor preferences, the strength of preference for a particular floor type and to evaluate the effect of rearing broilers on the preferred cage floor on productivity. In experiment 1, chicks when offered free access to either wire...
Main Authors: | Idrus, Zulkifli, A., Siti Khatijah |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Asian-Australasian Association of Animal Production Societies
1998
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Online Access: | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/50050/1/The%20relationships%20between%20cage%20floor%20preferences%20and%20performance%20in%20broiler%20chickens.pdf |
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