HA El-Maaty, S Sherif, AE Taha, AM Al-Otaibi… - Poultry Science, 2023 - Elsevier
The effects of rearing Cobb500 broiler chickens under 3 different housing systems (floor litter, floor plastic, and batteries) without or with feed additive (Butinov) on broiler …
B Chuppava, C Visscher, J Kamphues - Animals, 2018 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The contact of the birds' feet with litter and their excreta during the fattening period might lead to reduced body weight, carcass weight, feed intake, and impaired foot …
E Çavuşoğlu, M Petek, IM Abdourhamane… - Archives Animal …, 2018 - aab.copernicus.org
This study was made to investigate the long-term effects of different floor housing systems on the welfare of fast-growing broilers. The experiment was performed on 210-day-old fast …
MS Baracho, IA Nääs, PS Betin… - Brazilian Journal of Poultry …, 2018 - SciELO Brasil
The objective of the present study was to characterize the scientific production regarding the factors that influence broiler chicken production, and that were published from 2000 to 2015 …
ES Soliman, RA Hassan - Adv. Anim. Vet. Sci, 2020 - nexusacademicpublishers.com
One of the challenges face the broiler industry is the choice of the floor system depending on its availability, cost, and ease of handling. The influence of different floors (wood shaving …
SJ Sonnabend, F Spieß, B Reckels, MFE Ahmed… - Animals, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The standard housing method in Europe's poultry farming is to keep broilers on a littered concrete floor. Therefore, wood shavings are used to catch moisture to …
A Abd El-Wahab, JP Kriewitz, J Hankel, B Chuppava… - Animals, 2020 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The use of dietary structural components like whole grains together with using different floor designs is of great interest in terms of alterations of the digestive tract …
This study was designed (2 x 3) to evaluate the effects of different housing systems;(floor pens and battery cages) and stocking density (20, 30 and 60 birds/m2) from 4-16 weeks of …
E Topal, M Petek - British Poultry Science, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of fully (FSF) or partially (PSF) flooring designs on animal-based welfare indicators in a fast-growing broiler genotype. Growth …