The Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia (RBZ) is a publication dedicated to the broad field of Animal Science. We publish high-quality, original scientific research that spans across diverse areas within the discipline. The scope of RBZ encompasses a wide range of topics, including aquaculture, biometeorology and animal welfare, forage crops and grasslands, animal and forage plants breeding and genetics, animal reproduction, ruminant and non-ruminant nutrition, meat science and muscle biology, precision livestock, and animal production systems and agribusiness.
The Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia (RBZ) is a publication dedicated to the broad field of Animal Science. We publish high-quality, original scientific research that spans across diverse areas within the discipline. The scope of RBZ encompasses a wide range of topics, including aquaculture, biometeorology and animal welfare, forage crops and grasslands, animal and forage plants breeding and genetics, animal reproduction, ruminant and non-ruminant nutrition, meat science and muscle biology, precision livestock, and animal production systems and agribusiness.
The Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia (RBZ) is a publication dedicated to the broad field of Animal Science. We publish high-quality, original scientific research that spans across diverse areas within the discipline. The scope of RBZ encompasses a wide range of topics, including aquaculture, biometeorology and animal welfare, forage crops and grasslands, animal and forage plants breeding and genetics, animal reproduction, ruminant and non-ruminant nutrition, meat science and muscle biology, precision livestock, and animal production systems and agribusiness.
01/Apr/2004
Carlos Bôa-Viagem Rabello, Nilva Kazue Sakomura, Flavio Alves Longo, Kleber Tomas de Resende
DOI: 10.1590/S1516-35982004000200015
This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of the temperature and rearing system on the apparent metabolizable energy requirements for maintenance (MEm) for broiler breeder hens. In the experiment 1, MEm was determined with birds in cages. One hundred-ninety-two birds were housed in climatic chambers at 13, 21 and 30ºC. The birds were assigned to four treatments with four replications of four birds each. The treatments were: ad libitum intake, 70, 50 and 30% of ad libitum intake. Comparative […]
Keywords: broiler breeder hens; environmental temperature; maintenance energy requirements; reading system