Effect of a short-term feed outage on broiler performance, live shrink, and processing yields

Poultry Science

Volumn 81, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1236-1242

  Taylor, N L ^a   Northcutt, J K ^a   Fletcher, D L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Broiler quality; Feed outage; Feed withdrawal; Live shrink; Yield

Indexed keywords

AVES;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHICKEN; FEMALE; FOOD DEPRIVATION; GALLBLADDER; HISTOLOGY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CHICKENS; FEMALE; FOOD DEPRIVATION; GALLBLADDER; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 0036675390     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/81.8.1236     Document Type: Article

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