Combined system of broiler production on floor and in cage.

Authors

  • Raimundo Nonato Gomes de Souza Instituto de Zootecnia, Posto de Avicultura de Brotas, SP
  • Antonio de Pádua Deodato Instituto de Zootecnia, Posto de Avicultura de Brotas, SP
  • Antonio Guilherme Machado de Castro Instituto Biológico, Laboratório de Patologia Avícola, Descalvado, SP
  • Paulo Carlos da Silva Instituto de Zootecnia, Divisão de Zootecnia Diversificada, Seção de Avicultura, Nova Odessa, SP

Abstract

This experiment was carried out in two periods of fifty days each, Winter 1984 and Summer 1985, at Posto de "Avicultura de Brotas, do Instituto de Zootecnia, State of São Paulo, Brazil. The main objective was to check economic viability of the combined system of broiler production in floor and in cage. Nine-hundred and sixty days-old chicks were alloted in randomized blocks with two treatments (floor and floor cage) with four replications, consisting in factorial design: system x season x sexes. Rations with twenty three and nineteen percent of protein and 3.100 kcal/kg were utilized. The body weight gain had little decreasing in combined system, but with a better feed efficiency (P < 0,011. Therefore the combined system for broiler production can be used by small and medium producers as a choice due to the low cost of the facilities and due to the amount of meat produced by square meter, compared with normal system in floor.

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Published

2014-01-29

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FORAGE CROPS AND PASTURES

How to Cite

Combined system of broiler production on floor and in cage. (2014). Bulletin of Animal Husbandry, 44(2), 229-248. http://bia.iz.sp.gov.br/index.php/bia/article/view/728

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