INCREASED FEED ALLOCATION DOES NOT STIMULATE INCREASED OVARIAN DEVELOPMENT OR INCREASED EGG OUTPUT IN 54-WEEK-OLD BROILER BREEDER HENS

Authors
MCGOVERN RH RENEMA RA ROBINSON FE
Citation
Rh. Mcgovern et al., INCREASED FEED ALLOCATION DOES NOT STIMULATE INCREASED OVARIAN DEVELOPMENT OR INCREASED EGG OUTPUT IN 54-WEEK-OLD BROILER BREEDER HENS, Canadian journal of animal science, 77(1), 1997, pp. 177-179
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Agriculture Dairy & AnumalScience
Journal title
Canadian journal of animal science → ACNP
ISSN journal
00083984
Volume
77
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
177 - 179
Database
ISI
SICI code
0008-3984(1997)77:1<177:IFADNS>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
Fifty-four-week-old breeder hens were either feed restricted to meet t arget weight or over-fed by 10 or 20 g daily for 8 wk. Overfeeding inc reased body weight and breast muscle weight, but did not affect fat pa d weight, ovary morphology or egg output. The consequences of over fee ding old breeder hens are not as severe as has previously been reporte d with young hens.