Physiological responses of newly hatched broiler chicks to increasing journey distance during road transportation

This study was conducted to examine the effects on weight loss (WL), residual yolk (RY) utilization and serum biochemical parameters of transport distance (TD) in newly hatched broiler chicks. Just after hatching, 200 Ross 308 broiler chicks were traveled over 1000 km. At hatchery and after 200, 400...

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Main Author: Heshmatollah Khosravinia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2015-09-01
Series:Italian Journal of Animal Science
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Online Access:http://www.aspajournal.it/index.php/ijas/article/view/3964