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Genotype, dietary manipulation and food allocation affect indices of welfare in broiler breeders.
British poultry science - 1 Dec 2004
Jones E K M, Zaczek V, MacLeod M, Hocking P M
Abstract excerpt
1. An experiment was performed to compare the welfare of three broiler breeder genotypes (Label Rouge (LA), experimental dwarf (ER) and standard (SR)) fed on a Control or high Fibre diet. The LA birds were fed ad libitum and the other groups were reared to their recommended body weight targets. A group of standard broiler breeders was also fed a restricted amount of food, but to a lesser degree than SR, to...
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