The effect of limiting feeding time by three and six hours per day during the starter period on broiler performance | Zendy

Mohamed Alkhair Somaia | Zendy; Ahmed Musharaf Nureldin | Zendy; Ismail Hamid Ibrahim | Zendy; Ibrahim Omer | Zendy

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The effect of limiting feeding time by three and six hours per day during the starter period on broiler performance

Author(s) -

Mohamed Alkhair Somaia,

Ahmed Musharaf Nureldin,

Ismail Hamid Ibrahim,

Ibrahim Omer

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

international journal of livestock production

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 2141-2448

DOI - 10.5897/ijlp2016.0329

Subject(s) - starter , broiler , limiting , zoology , medicine , biology , food science , engineering , mechanical engineering

In a completely randomized design, one hundred and twenty one- day old (Arbor acres) broiler chicks were randomly distributed in three treatments, five replicates with eight chicks per a replicate. The treatments were: 24 h ad libitum feeding (A), B feed removal from 9:00 to 12:00 noon (3 fasting hours) and C feed removal from 9:00 to 3:00 pm (6 fasting hours). Feed restriction was applied from 8 to 28 days of age. The experiment lasted from 8 to 37 days of age. The results showed that fasting birds for three and six hours had significantly (p<0.05) no effect on body weight, weight gain, feed intake and feed conversion ratio at 37 days of age. Key words: Broilers; feed removal; starter period; performance.

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