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Effect of genotype and rearing system on chicken behavior and muscle fiber characteristics.
Journal of animal science - 1 Dec 2009
Branciari R, Mugnai C, Mammoli R, Miraglia D, Ranucci D, Dal Bosco A, Castellini C
Abstract excerpt
The effect of the organic production system and genotype on chicken behavior and muscle fiber characteristics was assessed. Three hundred day-old male chicks from slow-growing (Leghorn), medium-growing (Kabir), and fast-growing (Ross 208) genotypes were assigned to 2 different production systems: conventional, housing in an indoor pen (0.12 m(2)/bird); and organic, housing in an indoor pen (0.12 m(2)/bird) with...
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