Desempenho produtivo e econômico de frangos de corte submetidos a programas de restrição alimentar

Kely Cristina Bastos Teixeira Ramos; Augusto Vidal da Costa Gomes; Cristina Amorim Ribeiro de Lima; André Mantegazza Camargo; Fernado Augusto Curvello; Rosani Valéria Marcelina Matoso Silva; Priscila de Andrade Massi

doi:10.5216/cab.v12i1.2824

PRODUCTIVE AND ECONOMICAL PERFORMANCE OF BROILER CHICKENS SUBMITTED TO FEED RESTRICTION PROGRAMS

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Kely Cristina Bastos Teixeira Ramos Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Seropédica, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
Augusto Vidal da Costa Gomes Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Seropédica, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
Cristina Amorim Ribeiro de Lima Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Seropédica, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
André Mantegazza Camargo Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Seropédica, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
Fernado Augusto Curvello Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Seropédica, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
Rosani Valéria Marcelina Matoso Silva Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Seropédica, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
Priscila de Andrade Massi Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Seropédica, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

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https://doi.org/10.5216/cab.v12i1.2824

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consumo de ração, conversão alimentar, ganho de peso, índice relativo de rentabilidade, machos

Abstract

The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of the different quantitative feed restriction programs on the productive and economical performance of broiler chickens. Two hundred and sixty four broilers distributed in a completely randomized design, with six treatments, four replications and ten birds per replication were used. The feed restriction (FR) programs were: T1 – ad libitum; T2 – FR at 8th day of age; T3 – FR at 8th and 13th days of age; T4 – FR at 8th, 13th and 18th days of age; T5 – FR at 8th, 13th, 18th and 23th days of age; T6 – FR at 8th, 13th, 18th, 23th and 28th days of age. Evaluating the total period the feed restriction program did not influence the productive performance (feed intake, feed:gain ratio and weight gain) of the birds. Nevertheless, the T6 animals reached smaller live weight at 42 days of age in relation to T1 and T2. In relation to the financial indicators, the broilers of the T1 presented greater average gross income (AGI) and relative profitability index (RPI) while the T6 resulted in smaller AGI and RPI values. Considering the results to performance and economical indicators parameters presented in this study, no reasons were found to justify the adoption of feed restriction programs in male broiler chickens from Cobb strain.

KEYWORDS: Feed-gain ratio, feed intake, males, relative profitability index, weight gain.

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2011-03-31

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RAMOS, Kely Cristina Bastos Teixeira; GOMES, Augusto Vidal da Costa; LIMA, Cristina Amorim Ribeiro de; CAMARGO, André Mantegazza; CURVELLO, Fernado Augusto; SILVA, Rosani Valéria Marcelina Matoso; MASSI, Priscila de Andrade. PRODUCTIVE AND ECONOMICAL PERFORMANCE OF BROILER CHICKENS SUBMITTED TO FEED RESTRICTION PROGRAMS. Brazilian Animal Science/ Ciência Animal Brasileira, Goiânia, v. 12, n. 1, p. 08–16, 2011. DOI: 10.5216/cab.v12i1.2824. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/vet/article/view/2824. Acesso em: 5 dec. 2025.

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Vol. 12 No. 1 (2011)

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Animal Production

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