Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences (아세아태평양축산학회지)
- Volume 21 Issue 2
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- Pages.262-269
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- 2008
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- 1011-2367(pISSN)
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- 1976-5517(eISSN)
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Effects of Breeder Age and Stocking Density on Performance, Carcass Characteristics and Some Stress Parameters of Broilers
- Onbasilar, E.E. (Ankara University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Animal Science) ;
- Poyraz, O. (Ankara University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Animal Science) ;
- Cetin, S. (Atatürk University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Microbiology)
- Received : 2007.07.21
- Accepted : 2007.10.11
- Published : 2008.02.01
Abstract
The aim of this study was to determine the effects of breeder age and stocking density on performance, carcass characteristics and some stress parameters (H-L ratio, serum glucose, cholesterol and triglyceride levels, tonic immobility test (TI), antibody production, relative asymmetry (RA) and external appearances). This experiment was carried out with 705 one-day old male broiler chicks (Ross 308) obtained from three different ages of broiler breeder (32, 48 and 61 wks). Each age group was randomly divided into two stocking density groups (11.9 and 17.5 broilers per
Keywords
Breeder Age;Stocking Density;Broiler;Stress
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Acknowledgement
Supported by : Ankara University Research Fund
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