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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...

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Main Authors: Idrus, Zulkifli, A., Siti Khatijah
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Sprog:English
Udgivet: Asian-Australasian Association of Animal Production Societies 1998
Online adgang: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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spelling oai:psasir.upm.edu.my:50050 http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/50050/ The relationships between cage floor preferences and performance in broiler chickens Idrus, Zulkifli A., Siti Khatijah 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 (WF) or plastic (PF) mesh flooring, preferred the former. However, when the perferred floor type (WF) was illuminated at 800 lux, birds spent longer time on PF. Also provision of incandescent lamps at PF resulted in broilers spending significantly longer period on WF. In experiment 2, while floor type had no effect on growth of female chicks throughout the duration of study, male chicks grown on PF were heavier than their WF counterparts on Days 21, 28, 35 and 42. Neither livability, nor incidence of breast blisters and leg deformities was affected by floor type. Asian-Australasian Association of Animal Production Societies 1998 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/50050/1/The%20relationships%20between%20cage%20floor%20preferences%20and%20performance%20in%20broiler%20chickens.pdf Idrus, Zulkifli and A., Siti Khatijah (1998) The relationships between cage floor preferences and performance in broiler chickens. Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences, 11 (3). pp. 234-238. ISSN 1011-2367; ESSN: 1976-5517 http://www.ajas.info/journal/view.php?number=19273 10.5713/ajas.1998.234
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description 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 (WF) or plastic (PF) mesh flooring, preferred the former. However, when the perferred floor type (WF) was illuminated at 800 lux, birds spent longer time on PF. Also provision of incandescent lamps at PF resulted in broilers spending significantly longer period on WF. In experiment 2, while floor type had no effect on growth of female chicks throughout the duration of study, male chicks grown on PF were heavier than their WF counterparts on Days 21, 28, 35 and 42. Neither livability, nor incidence of breast blisters and leg deformities was affected by floor type.
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author Idrus, Zulkifli
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The relationships between cage floor preferences and performance in broiler chickens
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title The relationships between cage floor preferences and performance in broiler chickens
title_short The relationships between cage floor preferences and performance in broiler chickens
title_full The relationships between cage floor preferences and performance in broiler chickens
title_fullStr The relationships between cage floor preferences and performance in broiler chickens
title_full_unstemmed The relationships between cage floor preferences and performance in broiler chickens
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publisher Asian-Australasian Association of Animal Production Societies
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url 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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