caa a22 4500 397542542 CHVBK 20180308164730.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161202s1995 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1093/japr/4.2.193 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)oxford-10.1093/japr/4.2.193 Effects of Feed Allocation on Female Broiler Breeders [Elektronische Daten] [J. L. Wilson, F. E. Robinson, N. A. Robinson, R. T. Hardin] The objective of this study was to determine if feed allotment during rearing had an impact on the reproductive performance of cage-housed broiler breeders. Broiler breeder pullets were reared on one of three feed allocation programs to result in divergent body weight curves from 1 to 24 wk of age. All three feed allocation regimens were within the range of commercial practice. The treatments included 1) a conventional, relatively linear growth curve (Standard), 2) and "Early Slow” program characterized by slow growth rates during the early rearing period followed by a more generous feed allocation after 19 wk, and 3) an "Early Fast” program with body weights above normal early in rearing, followed by more conservative body weight gains late in rearing. The Early Slow feed allocation program resulted in fewer settable eggs and hatched chicks than the Standard and Early Fast programs. There was a tendency for birds reared on the Early Slow program to commence lay with reduced carcass protein levels. © 1995 Applied Poultry Science, Inc. Broiler breeders nationallicence carcass composition nationallicence egg production nationallicence hatchability nationallicence Wilson J. L. Department of Poultry Science, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602 aut Robinson F. E. Department of Agricultural, Food, and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2P5, Canada; Phone: (403) 492-3234; FAX: (403) 492-9130 aut Robinson N. A. Department of Agricultural, Food, and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2P5, Canada; Phone: (403) 492-3234; FAX: (403) 492-9130 aut Hardin R. T. Department of Agricultural, Food, and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2P5, Canada; Phone: (403) 492-3234; FAX: (403) 492-9130 aut Journal of Applied Poultry Research Oxford University Press 4/2(1995), 193-202 1056-6171 4:2<193 1995 4 japr https://doi.org/10.1093/japr/4.2.193 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1093/japr/4.2.193 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Wilson J. L. Department of Poultry Science, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602 aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Robinson F. E. Department of Agricultural, Food, and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2P5, Canada; Phone: (403) 492-3234; FAX: (403) 492-9130 aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Robinson N. A. Department of Agricultural, Food, and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2P5, Canada; Phone: (403) 492-3234; FAX: (403) 492-9130 aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hardin R. T. Department of Agricultural, Food, and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2P5, Canada; Phone: (403) 492-3234; FAX: (403) 492-9130 aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Applied Poultry Research Oxford University Press 4/2(1995), 193-202 1056-6171 4:2<193 1995 4 japr Metadata rights reserved CC BY-NC-4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-oxford