Evaluation of different pre-slaughter light intensities and fasting duration in broilers

The aim of this study was to determine the effects of different levels of light intensity (0, 5 or 20 lx) and different pre-slaughter feed fasting duration (3, 6, 9, 12 and 15 hours) on the parameters body weight loss, carcass yield, commercial cuts yield, water carcass retention, bacterial counts a...

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Main Authors: IB Ramão, RV Nunes, LDG Bruno, CY Tsutsumi, WTM Silva, MSS Pozza
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação APINCO de Ciência e Tecnologia Avícolas 2011-12-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Poultry Science
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-635X2011000400003