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Consumer attitudes towards production diseases in intensive production systems [PDF]
Many members of the public and important stakeholders operating at the upper end of the food chain, may be unfamiliar with how food is produced, including within modern animal production systems.
Clark, Beth +8 more
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The differences in physiological and immunological parameters and pathological damage to organ tissues exposed to chronic heat stress provide the basis for evaluating heat resistance of different chicken breeds (white recessive rock [WRR] and The ...
Yongjie Xu +4 more
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Alternative Protein Sources in Poultry and Pig Nutrition—A Review
ABSTRACT Proteins are an essential nutrient for the viability of all animals, enabling organisms to grow, regenerate and defend themselves against pathogenic organisms. Soybean and soybean‐based materials are commonly used to supplement protein in animal nutrition.
Lukáš Čumplík +5 more
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Performance and Meat Cholesterol Content of Broiler Chickens Fed Pluchea Indica L. Leaf Meal Reared Under Stress Condition [PDF]
This experiment was conducted to study the effects of dietary addition Pluchea indica L. leaf meal on performances and meat cholesterol content of broiler.
Solikhah, H. (H) +2 more
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Assessment of broiler chicken welfare in Southern Brazil [PDF]
Scientific literature on broiler chicken welfare in Brazilian industrial systems is scarce. This study aimed at assessing broiler chicken welfare on industrial farms in the State of Rio Grande do Sul, Southern Brazil, using the Welfare Quality (R ...
Federici, JF +5 more
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Even though the intestine represents a small proportion of body weight in broiler chickens, its requirements for energy and nutrients are high. A healthy broiler intestine has a well-coordinated immune system that must accommodate commensal microbiota ...
C. Bortoluzzi, S. Rochell, T. Applegate
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ABSTRACT Diet composition and processing have a major impact on its utilisation by the animal, as is known from farm and pet animal species. This includes effects on energy and nutrient digestibility, the intermediary metabolism, and the intestinal microbiome, with all the resulting impacts. For laboratory animals, data is scarce on influencing factors
L. F. Böswald +6 more
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Male chicken thigh meat quality from fast and slow growing breeds from an organic free-range system [PDF]
Significant effects of Genotype and Age on several of the technological meat quality attributes measured were found. In general, the meat from fast growing birds (JA) was darker, more tender, had a higher water-binding but a higher cooking loss.
Dufek, A., Horsted, K., Karlsson, H.A.
core
Tunnel-Ventilated Broiler Houses: Broiler Performance and Operating Costs
Abstract Interest continues to build in tunnel ventilation as a method of enhancing broiler performance and reducing mortality during warm weather. The perception that operating costs associated with this system may be high has caused concern. The purpose of this study was to collect and compare broiler performance data and operating costs of ...
M.P. Lacy, M. Czarick
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The aim of this study was to determine the impact of probiotic feeding and chronic heat stress on meat quality, total lipid and phospholipid contents, lipid oxidation, antioxidant capacity, and heat shock protein abundance of broiler breast muscle.
T. Cramer +6 more
semanticscholar +1 more source

