Affiliation:
1. ONDOKUZ MAYIS ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Abstract
This study was carried out to determine the effect of rice hulls used as litter in two different thicknesses (5 and 10 cm) on fattening performance, mortality rate, foot pad lesions, meat quality and meat color characteristics of Ross 308 chickens. Rice hulls of 5 cm (T5) and 10 cm (T10) thickness were laid on the coops that were similar in size and design. Fattening performance, FCR (feed conversion ratio), mortality rate, foot pad lesions, meat quality, and meat color characteristics were determined in three consecutive fattening periods. It was determined that the feed conversion ratios were 1.748 and 1.577 in the T5 and T10 groups, respectively, and the difference was significant (P0.05). On the other hand, it was determined that the difference between foot pad lesion scores within the litter thickness groups was significant (P
Publisher
Journal of Anatolian Environmental and Animal Sciences
Subject
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
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