Early age thermal conditioning and a dual feeding program for male broilers challenged by heat stress

Poultry Science

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 29-36

  De Basilio, V ^a   Vilarino M ^b   Yahav, S ^c   Picard, M ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES AGRÍCOLAS INIA   (Venezuela)

^c VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^d STATION DE RECHERCHES AVICOLES   (France)

Author keywords

Body temperature; Broiler; Dual feeding; Thermal conditioning; Warm climate

Indexed keywords

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHICKEN; HEAT INJURY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; THERMOREGULATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CHICKENS; HEAT STRESS DISORDERS; HOUSING, ANIMAL; MALE; RANDOM ALLOCATION;

EID: 0035234262     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/80.1.29     Document Type: Article

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