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Subject: Behaviours
Subject: Broiler Breeder
Departments: Department of Agricultural, Food, and Nutritional Science
Item type: Thesis
Collections: Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (GPS), Faculty of
Collections: Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (GPS), Faculty of /Theses and Dissertations
Supervisors: Bench, Clover (Applied Ethology/Animal Behaviour)
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Fall 2015
Gilmet, Teryn Evelyn Renee McFarlane
Broiler breeders require feed restriction to maintain high production rates of hatching eggs. However, feed restriction, conventionally managed during the rearing period through skip-a-day feeding, creates welfare concerns as broiler breeders exhibit behaviours indicative of hunger and...
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