Modifying the Response of Male Broiler Chickens to Heat Stress Through Early Age Feed Restriction and Thermal Conditioning

• Main Author: Liew, Pit Kang
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English; English
• Published: 2002
• Subjects: Broilers (Poultry) - Case studies
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/10612/1/FP_2002_27.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/10612/
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

Two experiments were conducted to investigate the effects of early age feed restriction and heat conditioning on tolerance to acute and chronic heat stress in male broiler chickens. In both experiments, equal numbers of chickens were subjected to (i) 60% feed restriction on day 4, 5, and 6 (FR),...