Article
Genotype, feeding regimen, and diet interactions in meat chickens. 2. Feeding behavior.
Poultry science - 1 Apr 1991
Boa-Amponsem K, Dunnington E A, Siegel P B
Abstract excerpt
Feeding behaviors were compared for males from two lines of meat chickens differing in growth potential fed lower and higher density diets ad libitum either daily or on alternate days. Males from the faster growing line ate and drank more often but stood and rested less often than those from the slower growing line. Rate of feed intake per unit BW was, however, similar for both lines. Greater crop and lower...
Topics
- Animals
- Body Weight
- Chickens
- Drinking
- Eating
- Feeding Behavior
- Food Deprivation
- Gastrointestinal Contents
- Genotype
- Male