A simple system to increase the physical activity of broilers in order to reduce body fat

dc.contributor.author	Foutz, TL	en
dc.contributor.author	Thompson, K	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-06-06T06:48:54Z
dc.date.available	2014-06-06T06:48:54Z
dc.date.issued	2009	en
dc.identifier.issn	21510032	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://62.217.125.90/xmlui/handle/123456789/4322
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dc.subject	Animal housing	en
dc.subject	Bone	en
dc.subject	Chicken	en
dc.subject.other	Beneficial effects	en
dc.subject.other	Body fats	en
dc.subject.other	Body weights	en
dc.subject.other	Chicken	en
dc.subject.other	Detrimental effects	en
dc.subject.other	Meat qualities	en
dc.subject.other	Meat tenderness	en
dc.subject.other	Physical activities	en
dc.subject.other	Riser systems	en
dc.subject.other	Simple systems	en
dc.subject.other	Statistical analysis	en
dc.subject.other	Bone	en
dc.subject.other	Housing	en
dc.subject.other	Marine risers	en
dc.subject.other	Meats	en
dc.subject.other	Structural integrity	en
dc.subject.other	Water treatment	en
dc.subject.other	acidity	en
dc.subject.other	activity pattern	en
dc.subject.other	animal welfare	en
dc.subject.other	body mass	en
dc.subject.other	bone	en
dc.subject.other	fat	en
dc.subject.other	food quality	en
dc.subject.other	meat	en
dc.subject.other	poultry	en
dc.subject.other	statistical analysis	en
dc.subject.other	Animalia	en
dc.subject.other	Aves	en
dc.title	A simple system to increase the physical activity of broilers in order to reduce body fat	en
heal.type	journalArticle	en
heal.publicationDate	2009	en
heal.abstract	This study investigated an inexpensive housing practice to reduce the abdominal fat in broilers without producing detrimental effects on the bird's body weight, skeletal structural integrity, or meat quality. A riser system was used where treatment birds had to jump up in order to access water, jump back down, walk approximately 0.9 m, and then jump up again in order to access food. This treatment began when the birds were three weeks old. The riser had an initial height of 76 mm, and this height was increased 38 mm every three days until a final height of 228 mm was reached. The study ended when the birds were seven weeks old. The riser system had neither detrimental nor beneficial effects on the structural integrity of the tibia, and reduced body abdominal fat. Statistical analysis of the data indicated that the riser treatment had no significant effect on meat tenderness or acidity. © 2009 American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers.	en
heal.journalName	Transactions of the ASABE	en
dc.identifier.issue	1	en
dc.identifier.volume	52	en
dc.identifier.spage	235	en
dc.identifier.epage	238	en