Welfare and productivity of restricted broiler breeder females fed ad libitum or restricted after the peak of egg production

British Poultry Science

Volumn 39, Issue SUPPL., 1998, Pages

  Hocking, P M ^a   Maxwell, M H ^a   Mitchell, M A ^a   Robertson, G W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; CHICKEN; EGG; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; FOOD DEPRIVATION; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SHEEP; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CHICKENS; CORTICOSTERONE; EGGS; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; FOOD DEPRIVATION; MALE; SHEEP; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0032248819     PISSN: 00071668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (3)

1. HOCKING, P.M., MAXWELL, M.H. & MITCHELL, M.A. (1993) Welfare of broiler breeder and layer females subjected to food and water control during rearing. British Poultry Science, 34: 443-458.
2. HOCKING, P.M., MAXWELL, M.H. & MITCHELL, M.A. (1996) Relationships between the degree of food restriction and welfare indices in broiler breeder females. British Poultry Science, 37: 263-278.
3. SAVORY, C.J., WOOD-GUSH, D.G.M. & DUNCAN, I.J.H. (1978) Feeding behaviour in a population of domestic fowls in the wild. Applied Animal Ethology, 4: 13-27.