Feeding strategies to alleviate the effect of heat stress on growth performance in broilers: a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Animal Science at Massey University, Manawatū, New Zealand

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dc.contributor.authorJack, Heidi Anna
dc.date.accessioned2015-07-08T22:59:25Z
dc.date.available2015-07-08T22:59:25Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.description.abstractBroiler production is seen as critical to socio-economic development within the tropics. With the higher and rising temperatures of the tropics, heat stress is a major challenge of the industry. Of the many approaches used to alleviate heat stress, nutritional strategies have been seen as more economically viable in comparison to non- nutritional strategies used to alleviate heat stress. The current study was done to assess both the combined and specific impact of diet density (high fat versus low fat diets) and diet form (mash versus pelleted diets), on alleviating heat stress in broilers. Biological responses were monitored through growth performance and digestibility data. The experimental design used in the study was a 2 x 2 x 2 factorial arrangement of treatments from day 10 to day 34 of the trial period. Birds were subject to one of eight treatments which included a combination of one of two different temperatures (normal or elevated), one of two different diet types (high fat or low fat) and one of two different diet forms (mash or pellet). These treatments included Low Fat Mash under Normal Temperature conditions (LMN), Low Fat Mash under Elevated Temperature conditions (LME), Low Fat Pellet under Normal Temperature conditions (LPN), Low Fat Pellet under Elevated Temperature conditions (LPE), High Fat Mash under Normal Temperature conditions (HMN), High Fat Mash under Elevated Temperature conditions (HME), High Fat Pellet under Normal Temperature conditions (HPN) and High Fat Pellet under Elevated Temperature conditions (HPE). Pellet fed birds had a higher growth performance under elevated temperature and in phase 2 (day 21 to 34), had the highest (P = 0.016) feed intake (166.9 g/b/d) compared to other treatments which were all statistically equivalent. With respect to ileal nutrient intakes, the intake of fat for the overall period and the intake of AME for phase 2 was highest (P = 0.045 and P = 0.018 for fat and AME respectively) on pellet fed birds housed under elevated temperature. Also, these birds had the highest (P = 0.048) growth efficiency (16.8 MJ/kg per kilogram gain) compared to mash fed birds (18.8 MJ/kg per kilogram gain).en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10179/6850
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherMassey Universityen_US
dc.rightsThe Authoren_US
dc.subjectBroilersen_US
dc.subjectEffect of heat stress on broilersen_US
dc.subjectBroiler chickensen_US
dc.subjectChicken feeden_US
dc.titleFeeding strategies to alleviate the effect of heat stress on growth performance in broilers: a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Animal Science at Massey University, Manawatū, New Zealanden_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
massey.contributor.authorJack, Heidi Annaen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineAnimal Scienceen_US
thesis.degree.grantorMassey Universityen_US
thesis.degree.levelMastersen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Science (M.Sc.)en_US
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