TY  - JOUR
T1  - The Effects of Early Age Feed Restriction on Performance and Carcass Characteristics of Male Broiler Chickens
AU - , A. Hassanabadi 
JO  - Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances
VL  - 7
IS  - 4
SP  - 372
EP  - 376
PY  - 2008
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1680-5593
DO  - javaa.2008.372.376
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=javaa.2008.372.376
KW  - Feed restriction
KW  -diet dilution
KW  -broiler chicken
KW  -performance
AB  - An experiment was conducted to evaluate the response of broiler chickens to degrees of diet dilution from  4-11  days  of  age.  Broilers  were  fed  conventional  broiler  diets  from  0-4 and 11-42 days of age. From 4-11 days, birds were fed a commercial corn, wheat and soybean meal broiler starter, or the same diet in which major nutrients were replaced with 30, 40, or 50% ground rice hulls. Mineral and vitamin sources were not affected  by  diet  dilution.  Each  of  the  3  diluted  diets  together  with  an undiluted diet (control) was fed to 5 replicate floor pen groups of 60 male broilers. Diet dilution resulted in a significant (p<0.05) reduction in body weight at 11 days of age, although by 42 days there was complete recovery of retarded body weight with no change in overall efficiency of feed utilization. Diet dilution had no significant effect (p>0.05) on carcass characteristics at 42 days of age.
ER  -