Article
Performance of early and late feathering broiler breeder females with different feeding regimens.
British poultry science - 1 Dec 1991
O'Sullivan N P, Dunnington E A, Smith E J, Gross W B, Siegel P B
Abstract excerpt
1. Growth, reproductive characteristics and immunocompetence were evaluated in a line of broiler breeder females segregating at the sex-linked feathering locus when maintained on three feeding regimens with two forms of food in a factorial design. 2. Long-term obesity but not short-term weight ga...
Topics
- Animal Feed
- Animals
- Antibody Formation
- Avian Leukosis
- Avian Leukosis Virus
- Chickens
- Eating
- Eggs
- Feathers
- Female
- Fertility
- Genotype
- Immunocompetence
