Proportion of insoluble fibre in the diet affects behaviour and hunger in broiler breeders growing at similar rates

Animal

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1247-1258

  Nielsen, B L ^a,b   Thodberg, K ^a   Malmkvist, J ^a   Steenfeldt, S ^a  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

^b INRA   (France)

Author keywords

fibre diets; poultry; satiety; scatter feeding; stereotypies

Indexed keywords

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 79960111245     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731111000218     Document Type: Article

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