Effects of Environmental Temperature and Dietary Ascorbic Acid on the Diurnal Feeding Pattern of Broilers

Authors : Hasan Rüştü KUTLU

Pages : 479-491

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Publication Date : 0000-00-00

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :The present study was carried out to determine the diurnal feeding patterns of broiler chickens given a choice between ascorbic acid insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(AA); supplemented and unsupplemented feeds under heated or unheated conditions. Broiler chickens were offered supplemented insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(with 200 mg AA/kg feed); and unsupplemented feeds, and the feeding behaviour for each feed was monitored by continuous recording of the weight of the feed container for 4 days under unheated insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(UH); and the next 4 days under heated insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(H); conditions. The weight and timing of each meal was used to calculate cumulative feed intake, AA intake, number of meals, mean meal size and length, intermeal interval, interval length, eating time and consumption rate. The results showed that heating had a significant insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(P
Keywords : Diurnal Feeding Pattern, Broilers, Ascorbic Acid, Environmental Temperature