INFLUENCES OF SEQUENCES OF ENVIRONMENTAL-FACTORS ON THE RESPONSE OF CHICKENS TO FASTING AND TO STAPHYLOCOCCUS-AUREUS INFECTION
- 1 January 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Vol. 43 (1) , 137-139
Abstract
Weight gain of chickens following fasting was influenced by interactions between habituation to persons (socialization), stress (drinking water withheld) early in the life of the bird and sex. Fasting affected socialized birds less than unsocialized birds. Body weight changes following S. aureus infection were influenced by interactions between sex, stress early in life, socialization and fasting. These 4 factors may also influence the occurrence of disease outbreaks in poultry farms.This publication has 7 references indexed in Scilit:
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