Short cold exposures during incubation and postnatal cold temperature affect performance, breast meat quality, and welfare parameters in broiler chickens

Cold stimulations during egg incubation were reported to limit the occurrence of ascites in broilers subjected to cold temperature after 14 d of age. However, data are lacking on the impacts of such strategy in case of cold temperature conditions at start. This study aimed to evaluate the effects of...

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Main Authors: D. Nyuiadzi, C. Berri, L. Dusart, A. Travel, B. Méda, I. Bouvarel, L.A. Guilloteau, P. Chartrin, V. Coustham, C. Praud, E. Le Bihan-Duval, J.K. Tona, A. Collin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-02-01
Series:Poultry Science
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0032579119441837