Article
Genotype, feeding regimen, and diet interactions in meat chickens. 3. General fitness.
Poultry science - 1 Apr 1991
Boa-Amponsem K, O'Sullivan N P, Gross W B, Dunnington E A, Siegel P B
Abstract excerpt
Several fitness traits were measured in males from two meat lines fed diets differing in nutrient density ad libitum daily or on alternate days. Criteria of evaluation were antibody response to SRBC, blood heterophil:lymphocyte ratios, incidence of leg deformities, and resistance to Escherichia coli inoculation. Males from the heavier line had lower antibody titers to SRBC inoculation than those of the lighter...
Topics
- Animals
- Antibody Formation
- Blood Cell Count
- Body Weight
- Bone Development
- Chickens
- Diet
- Eating
- Escherichia coli Infections
- Genotype
- Health Status
- Immunity, Innate