Health effects of feed dilution and roughage in Ross 308 broiler breeder cockerels

ABSTRACT: To ensure reproductivity and prevent obesity, broiler breeder's growth rate is controlled by quantitative feed restriction. However, feed restriction is associated with chronic hunger, frustration, and abnormal behaviors, thus representing a welfare problem. Feed diluted with insolubl...

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Published in:	Poultry Science
Main Authors:	Kathe E. Kittelsen, Guro Vasdal, Randi O. Moe, Franciska S. Steinhoff, Fernanda M. Tahamtani
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2023-10-01
Subjects:	broiler breeder cockerels feed restriction feed dilution health
Online Access:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0032579123005047