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SUBMITTER: Pauwels J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4456394 | biostudies-literature | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Pauwels Jana J Coopman Frank F Cools An A Michiels Joris J Fremaut Dirk D De Smet Stefaan S Janssens Geert P J GP
PloS one 20150604 6
Global competition for high standard feed-food resources between man and livestock, such as industrial broilers, is a concerning problem. In addition, the low productivity of scavenger chickens in developing countries leaves much to be desired. Changing the ingredients, and therefore, the nutrient composition of feed intake by commercial fed as well as scavenger chickens seems like an obvious solution. In this study, the ability of four broiler chicken breeds to perform on a commercial versus a ...[more]