Response of two broiler strains to four feeding regimens under hot climate
Youssef A. Attia A , Waleed S. Al-Tahawy B , Maria C. de Oliveira C E , Mohammed A. Al-Harthi A , Abd Alrazk. E. Tag El-Din B and Mohamed I. Hassan D
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A Arid Land Agriculture Department, Faculty of Meteorology, Environment and Arid Land Agriculture, King Abdulaziz University, PO Box 80208, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia.
B Department of Animal and Poultry Production, Faculty of Agriculture, Damanhour University, Damanhour 22516, Egypt.
C Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Rio Verde, Rio Verde, GO, 75.901-910, Brazil.
D Livestock Department, Arid Lands Research Institute, City for Scientific Research and Technology Applications (CSRTA), Alexandria, Egypt.
E Corresponding author. Email: mcorv@ig.com.br
Animal Production Science 56(9) 1475-1483 https://doi.org/10.1071/AN14923
Submitted: 6 June 2014 Accepted: 13 January 2015 Published: 1 April 2015
Abstract
In total, 392 male broilers were randomly distributed in a factorial arrangement of 2 × 4, with two commercial broiler strains (Arbor Acres (AA) and Hubbard (Hub)) and four (NRC, Degussa, CVB, and strain guides) different feeding regimens (FR), totaling eight treatments and seven replicates, with seven broilers in each one. The following parameters were evaluated: bodyweight gain (BWG), feed intake (FI), feed conversion ratio (FCR), carcass yield, meat quality, nutrient intake, and its correlation with BWG. Interaction strain type × FR was significant for BWG, FI, and FCR, with the AA broilers showing higher BWG and FI and lower FCR than the Hub broilers. There was no difference in BWG, FI, and FCR of the AA broilers regardless of FR they were on, but the Hub broilers had lower BWG when they were fed according to the Degussa and CVB regimens; BWG and FCR were negatively affected. During the starter phase, BWG of the AA broilers was significantly correlated with feed, metabolisable energy (ME), lysine, and sulfur amino acids (SAA) intake. However, BWG was correlated with feed and ME intake and feed intake from 1 to 31 and from 1 to 42 days of age, respectively. In the Hub chicks, ME and crude protein intake and lysine and SAA intake were inversely correlated with BWG from 1 to 31 days and from 1 to 42 days of age, respectively. There was no significant effect of FR on dressed carcass weight or relative gizzard, pancreas, and liver weights and on intestinal weight; however, abdominal fat and spleen differed significantly with FR. Strain type significantly affected the relative weight of the intestines. There was no significant effect of FR and/or strain type on meat moisture, crude protein, lipid and ash content, or pH, colour, meat juiciness and tenderness (meat softness). In conclusion, AA strain of broiler performed better than the Hub strain under the different FR in all the evaluated production phases, but neither FR nor strain type affected carcass characteristics.
Additional keywords: animal feeding, carcass yield, growth performance, heat stress, meat quality.
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