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Effects Of Environmental Enrichment Strategies On Behavior And Production Performance Of Broiler Breeder Chickens Reared At Elevated Temperatures, Oluwatoyin Bukunmi Adeniji
Effects Of Environmental Enrichment Strategies On Behavior And Production Performance Of Broiler Breeder Chickens Reared At Elevated Temperatures, Oluwatoyin Bukunmi Adeniji
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Enriched housing systems are embraced as better alternatives to bare housing systems for table egg laying hens. However, attention is presently turning to the meat type (broiler breeder) laying hens. Hence, this experiment investigated the effects of perch structures and sharp sand on behavior, physiology, and production performance of broiler breeder chickens reared under elevated temperatures.
Two hundred and eighty eight broiler breeder females and 48 males (Cobb 500) at 21-weeks-old were assigned to their respective treatments in two different rooms. One room was maintained at 23°C to mimic a thermoneutral environment while the second room cycled between 23°C and …