scholarly journals Effects of Early Age Feed Restriction and Dietary Ascorbic Acid on Heterophil/ Lymphocyte and Tonic Immobility Reactions of Transported Broiler Chickens

2003 ◽  
Vol 16 (10) ◽  
pp. 1545-1549 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. Zulkifli
Keyword(s):  
Ascorbic Acid ◽  
Broiler Chickens ◽  
Tonic Immobility ◽  
Feed Restriction ◽  
Early Age

Responses of different strains of Australian broiler chickens to feed restriction at an early age

1992 ◽  
Vol 43 (6) ◽  
pp. 1253 ◽  
Author(s):  
I Plavnik ◽  
D Balnave
Keyword(s):  
Broiler Chickens ◽  
Abdominal Fat ◽  
Feed Restriction ◽  
Meat Production ◽  
Early Age ◽  
Breast Meat ◽  
Broiler Meat ◽  
Commercial Broiler ◽  
Different Strains ◽  
Ad Libitum Feeding

Male chickens from the three most common commercial broiler strains in Australia were fed conventionally or on a regimen which restricted growth by approximately 58% between 6 and 12 days of age followed by ad libitum feeding. Early age feed restriction had no significant effect on bodyweight at 47 days of age, and feed was utilized significantly more efficiently with all three strains. Restriction significantly reduced abdominal fat and had no significant effect on the yield of breast meat. The large improvements in feed efficiency and reductions in abdominal fat have major implications with regard to the economics of broiler meat production.

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