Broiler growth and efficiency in response to relaxed maternal feed restriction

Response of Broiler Chickens to Quantitative Feed Restriction with or without Ascorbic Acid Supplementation

Ascorbic acid (vitamin C) supplementation has been documented as a useful tool to improve the performance of laying birds reared under harsh environmental conditions. However, there is limited information on the use of ascorbic acid as a means of ameliorating the stressful conditions imposed by feed restriction. To this effect a 3 × 2 factorial experiment was carried out to evaluate the effect ...

evaluating the growth response of broiler chickens to probiotic supplementation under feed restriction

this experiment was carried out to evaluate the effect of probiotic supplementation and feed restriction on growth response in broiler chickens. for this purpose, 336 male broiler chickens of ross 308 were used. after housing, broilers allocated to experimental pens in a completely randomized design with factorial 2×3 arrangement. first and second groups considered as positive control group wit...

Effect of Feed Restriction on Performance and Immune Response of Two Commercial Broiler Strains

Feed Restriction in Broiler Chickens Production

The feed restriction program is on of the main techniques in growth curve manipulation for increasing production efficiency in broiler chicken. Quantities and qualitative feed restriction are procedures that can be used to manipulate the feeding strategies of poultry in order to decrease growth and metabolic rate to some extent and so alleviate the incidence of some metabolic diseases such as a...

Effect of early feed restriction in male broiler chicks on plasma metabolic hormones during feed restriction and accelerated growth.

1. Plasma GH was greater (P less than 0.05) on day 12 in ad libitum-fed birds compared to restricted chicks. Conversely, maximum GH levels were found to occur in the nutrient restricted chicks during the period of accelerated growth (day 42). 2. A significant decline in circulating insulin concentrations with advancing age was evident in both ad libitum-fed and restricted chicks. 3. Feed restri...