Effects of scavenging on diet selection and performance of Rhode Island Red and Fayoumi breeds of chicken offered a choice of energy and protein feeds

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 417-429

  Dana, N ^a   Ogle, B ^b  

^a Debre Zeit Agricultural Research Centre   (Ethiopia)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Breed; Chicken; Choice feeding; Egg production; Food intake; Maize; Mortality; Noug cake; Scavenging

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EGG; ETHIOPIA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN INTAKE; RURAL POPULATION; STANDARD;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHICKENS; DIETARY PROTEINS; EGGS; ETHIOPIA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; RURAL POPULATION;

ANIMALIA; AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0036741350     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020052428067     Document Type: Article

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