TY  - JOUR
T1  - Fear-Related Behaviour, Muscle Glycogen Stores and Serum Creatine Kinase Activity in Transported Broiler Chickens as Affected by Housing and Early Age Feed Restriction
AU - Zulkifli, I. AU - Al-Aqil, A. AU - Sazili, A.Q. 
JO  - Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances
VL  - 11
IS  - 3
SP  - 364
EP  - 369
PY  - 2012
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1680-5593
DO  - javaa.2012.364.369
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=javaa.2012.364.369
KW  - Transportation
KW  -tonic immobility
KW  -muscle glycogen
KW  -housing
KW  -broilers
KW  -Malaysia
AB  - An experiment was conducted to determine the effects of two 
  types of housing systems and early age feed restriction on tonic immobility 
  reaction, muscle glycogen content and serum creatine kinase activity in broiler 
  chickens subjected to road transportation. On day 1, chicks were housed either 
  in windowless environmentally controlled chambers (temperature was set at 32°C 
  on day 1 and gradually reduced to 23°C by day 21) (CH) or in conventional 
  Open-sided Houses (OH) with cyclic temperatures (minimum, 24°C; maximum, 
  34°C). Equal number of chicks from each housing system were subjected 
  to either <I>Ad libitum</I> feeding (AL) or 60% Feed Restriction on day 4-6 
  (FR). On day 42, all the birds were crated and transported for 6 h. Birds raised 
  in OH had shorter TI duration and higher muscle glycogen content than those 
  of CH. Subjecting birds to FR shortened TI duration following transportation. 
  Tonic immobility duration increased with duration of transportation while the 
  converse was noted for muscle glycogen content. Serum creatine kinase was not 
  affected throughout the period of study. Collectively, the results suggested 
  that raising birds in OH dampened fear-related behavior and improved muscle 
  glycogen content in response to road transportation under the hot and humid 
  tropical climate.
ER  -