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Effect of stocking density on behavioral pattern, growth performance, blood hormones, and carcass parameter of Sasso broiler chickens

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Last updated: 04 Jan 2025

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Animal behavior and management

Abstract

This study was conducted to evaluate the impact of stocking density on behavioral patterns, growth performance, blood hormones, and carcass quality of Sasso broilers within 60 days of rearing cycle. 150 one day old unsexed Sasso (first generation) chicks were allocated randomly according to their stocking density to 3 groups 10, 13 and 15 birds per m2 in different floor spaces 5, 3.8, and 3.3 m2 respectively. Growth performance and behavioral patterns were estimated throughout the study period. Blood samples were collected 3 times during the study to estimate cortisol and thyroid hormones concentrations. were collected every two weeks. At the end of the study 3 birds from each group were slaughtered to check the effect of stocking density on carcass parameters. The results of the current study revealed that stocking density had a significant effect on body weight, feed consumption, organs weight, and comfort behavior but had no significant effect on feed conversion ratio. There was no significant effect of stocking density on cortisol and T3 and T4 concentrations. It was concluded that Sasso broilers reared at stocking density 10 birds /m2 showed the best growth performance.

DOI

10.21608/bvmj.2021.75796.1409

Keywords

Sasso Broiler, stocking density, Behavior, Growth performance, Hormones

Authors

First Name

Esraa

Last Name

shosha

MiddleName

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Affiliation

animal hygiene and management department, faculty of veterinary medicine, benha university, egypt

Email

israa.shosha@fvtm.bu.edu.eg

City

benha

Orcid

0000-0002-5752-0985

First Name

Souad

Last Name

abdemoaty

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Faculty of veterinary medicine, benha university

Email

souad.abdemoaty@fvtm.bu.edu.eg

City

benha

Orcid

0000-0002-0701-6916

First Name

essam

Last Name

ahmed

MiddleName

ali

Affiliation

veterinary hygeine and management departement, veterinary medicine, benha univerisity, egypt

Email

essam.mahmoud@fvtm.bu.edu.eg

City

benha

Orcid

0000-0002-9103-3101

First Name

ahmed

Last Name

sabk

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

animal hygiene and management department, faculty of veterinary medicine, benha university, egypt

Email

ahmed.sabk@fvtm.bu.edu.eg

City

benha

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-

Volume

41

Article Issue

1

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28214

Issue Date

2021-10-01

Receive Date

2021-05-09

Publish Date

2021-10-01

Page Start

189

Page End

193

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1110-6581

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https://bvmj.journals.ekb.eg/article_209661.html

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41

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Original Article

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812

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Publication Title

Benha Veterinary Medical Journal

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https://bvmj.journals.ekb.eg/

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Effect of stocking density on behavioral pattern, growth performance, blood hormones, and carcass parameter of Sasso broiler chickens

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Created At

22 Jan 2023