EFFECTS OS THE POST-HATCH FASTING ON BROILER CHICKS FROM LIGHT AND HEAVY EGGS

Authors

  • Rafael Raile Riccardi UNESP
  • Euclides Braga Malheiros Universidade estadual Paulista - UNESP
  • Isabel Cristina Boleli Universidade Estadual Paulista - UNESP

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5216/cab.v10i4.1194

Keywords:

Poultry production

Abstract

This study analyzed the effects of the post-hatch fasting on the body weight and heart, liver and yolk sac weights in chicks from light and heavy eggs produced by young (29 w. old) and old (60 w. old) breeders. The analysis allowed testing for the effects of fasting (food ad libitum, fasting of food and fasting of water and food), egg weight (light and heavy), fasting time (24, 48 and 72 hours) and their interactions. Fasting affected the body weight and organ weights. Chicks from heavier eggs lost more weight and presented quicker absorption of yolk sac than the chicks from light eggs. The negative effects of the post-hatch fasting did not begin simultaneously in the analyzed parameters. The body weights and  liver weights were influenced at 24 h, while the heart weights were affected at 72 h.
KEY WORDS: Body weight, breeder age,  fasting, organs.

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Author Biographies

Euclides Braga Malheiros, Universidade estadual Paulista - UNESP

Docente do Departamento de Ciências Exatas, Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias

Isabel Cristina Boleli, Universidade Estadual Paulista - UNESP

Docente do Departamento de Morfologia e Fisiologia Animal, Faculdade de CIências Agrárias e Veterinárias

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Published

2009-12-17

How to Cite

RICCARDI, R. R.; MALHEIROS, E. B.; BOLELI, I. C. EFFECTS OS THE POST-HATCH FASTING ON BROILER CHICKS FROM LIGHT AND HEAVY EGGS. Brazilian Animal Science/ Ciência Animal Brasileira, Goiânia, v. 10, n. 4, p. 1013–1020, 2009. DOI: 10.5216/cab.v10i4.1194. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/vet/article/view/1194. Acesso em: 19 may. 2024.

Issue

Vol. 10 No. 4 (2009)

Section

Animal Production

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