Performance of sexed broilers on different feeder spaces /
Velasco, Ofelia A.
Performance of sexed broilers on different feeder spaces / by Ofelia A. Velasco. - Indang, Cavite, Cavite State University- Main Campus, 1986. - xiii, 82 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Thesis (M.S.--Animal Science) Don Severino Agricultural College
Includes bibliographical references.
College of Agriculture, Food, Environment and Natural Resources (CAFENR) College of Agriculture, Food, Environment and Natural Resources (CAFENR)
VELASCO, OFELIA AVENTURADO. Don Severino Agricultural College. April, 1990. Performance of Sexed Broi-lers on Different Feeder Spaces. Major Adviser: Prof. Camilo F. Guevara, Jr.
A total of one hundred eighty sexed day-old commercial broiler chicks were used in this study to determine the effect of different feeder space allowances on the growth performance of male and female broilers. This study was divided into two stages: the brooding stage (1st to 3rd week) and the growing stage (4th to 7th week) The feeder spaces provided to the experimental birds were 2.0, 2.5 and 3.0 cm during the brooding period and 4.0, 4.5 and 5.0 cm during the growing period. The sex and feeder space combinations were assigned completely at random to 18 different pens. Each treatment combination was replicated three times with ten birds per replicate. No significant differences were noted between the mean body weight, average cumulative feed consumption and feed efficiency of both male and female birds raised at different feeder spaces at the end of brooding period (3rd week). No significant interaction was likewise observed sex and feeder space on average body weight, average cumulative feed consumption and feed efficiency during the brooding period. Similarly, no significant correlation was noted between body weight, feed consumption, initial weight and feeder spaces. At seven weeks period, male birds were heavier and consumed more feeds than female in all of the three feeder spaces provided.
Differences observed between the feed efficiency of male and female birds at different feeder spaces is not significant. Final body weight of the birds at seven weeks old were positively correlated with its feed consumption, initial weight and feeder space allowance. Reducing feeder space allowance from 5.0 to 4.0 linear cm per bird did not drastically reduce the growth performance of male and female birds.
Poultry
Broiler
Feeding and feeds
636.513 / V54 1986
Performance of sexed broilers on different feeder spaces / by Ofelia A. Velasco. - Indang, Cavite, Cavite State University- Main Campus, 1986. - xiii, 82 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Thesis (M.S.--Animal Science) Don Severino Agricultural College
Includes bibliographical references.
College of Agriculture, Food, Environment and Natural Resources (CAFENR) College of Agriculture, Food, Environment and Natural Resources (CAFENR)
VELASCO, OFELIA AVENTURADO. Don Severino Agricultural College. April, 1990. Performance of Sexed Broi-lers on Different Feeder Spaces. Major Adviser: Prof. Camilo F. Guevara, Jr.
A total of one hundred eighty sexed day-old commercial broiler chicks were used in this study to determine the effect of different feeder space allowances on the growth performance of male and female broilers. This study was divided into two stages: the brooding stage (1st to 3rd week) and the growing stage (4th to 7th week) The feeder spaces provided to the experimental birds were 2.0, 2.5 and 3.0 cm during the brooding period and 4.0, 4.5 and 5.0 cm during the growing period. The sex and feeder space combinations were assigned completely at random to 18 different pens. Each treatment combination was replicated three times with ten birds per replicate. No significant differences were noted between the mean body weight, average cumulative feed consumption and feed efficiency of both male and female birds raised at different feeder spaces at the end of brooding period (3rd week). No significant interaction was likewise observed sex and feeder space on average body weight, average cumulative feed consumption and feed efficiency during the brooding period. Similarly, no significant correlation was noted between body weight, feed consumption, initial weight and feeder spaces. At seven weeks period, male birds were heavier and consumed more feeds than female in all of the three feeder spaces provided.
Differences observed between the feed efficiency of male and female birds at different feeder spaces is not significant. Final body weight of the birds at seven weeks old were positively correlated with its feed consumption, initial weight and feeder space allowance. Reducing feeder space allowance from 5.0 to 4.0 linear cm per bird did not drastically reduce the growth performance of male and female birds.
Poultry
Broiler
Feeding and feeds
636.513 / V54 1986