Effects of environmental factors on breast blister incidence, growth performance, and some biochemical indexes in broilers
Effects of environmental factors on breast blister incidence, growth performance, and some biochemical indexes in broilers
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环境因素对肉鸡胸水泡发生率、生长性能及部分生化指标的影响
DOI:
10.3382/japr.2009-00018
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发表时间:
2009
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Yang Zhao
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Zhao Furong;A. Geng;Baoming Li;Zhengxiang Shi;Yang Zhao
SUMMARY Breast blisters (BB) are an important factor affecting the carcass grade of broilers. To investigate the effects of floor type, stocking density, and sex management on the incidence of BB, an orthogonal design with 3 factors and levels [L9(3 4 )] was used in this study. A total of 324 Arbor Acre broilers, 21 d of age, were randomly allocated into 9 groups with 2 replicates each, and were raised in cages with different floor types (wire netting, plastic slats, and bamboo slats), at different densities (17, 14, and 11 broilers/m 2 ), and with different sex management (males, females, and mixed sexes). Effects of these factors on the incidence of BB, growth performance, and some biochemical indexes were studied for birds from d 21 to 42. The results showed that floor type had the greatest effect on the incidence of BB compared with stocking density and sex management. The incidence of broiler BB was significantly higher in cages with wire netting than in those with plastic or bamboo slats (P 0.05). Birds on plastic slats had higher total antioxidant capability values than those on wire netting or bamboo slats (P < 0.05). Malondialdehyde content of birds in the wire netting group was higher than those of birds on plastic and bamboo slats (P < 0.05). In this study, floor type was the main environmental factor affecting the incidence of BB in broilers, compared with density and sex management. Results suggest that the increased serum levels of lactic acid and malondialdehyde are involved in the development of BB.