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Feeding strategy aims to boost broiler leg strength

Published: July 31, 2009
Summary
Animal welfare is a complex concept but there is general agreement within the scientific community and beyond that farm animals should be able to move easily and be in good health. One welfare issue of particular interest in the poultry sector is lameness in broiler chickens. According to a group of French researchers, producers often underestimate the amount of lameness in their broiler floc...
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Anil Phadke
4 de agosto de 2009
Its impractical to do such type of feeding in commarcial conditions.In broilers it has limitations how much meat you can hang on skeleton.leg abnormalities is a problem in broilers.it has tobe reduced by co crdination of geneticist &nutritionist
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Hafiz Wasi Muhammad Khan
8 de agosto de 2009
Very interesting. R&D must continue to find solutions of the problems faced by the farmers during day to day observations. The authors have tried to find solution faced by broilers producers
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Amir Attar
Javaneh khorasan
13 de agosto de 2009
this is a benefit paper.thanks to author
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