论文信息 - Restricted feeding and reproductive performance of individually caged broiler breeder males.

Restricted feeding and reproductive performance of individually caged broiler breeder males.

Two experiments were conducted, one in the summer and another in the fall, involving 95 Hubbard broiler breeder males per experiment. Breeder males were randomly placed in individual cages at 26 (Trial 2) or 30 (Trial 1) weeks of age and provided with five levels of feed intake. The Hubbard White Mountain male Management Guide recommendation (154 g/bird/day) was designated as the control level (100%). Other levels were 115, 85, 70, and 55% of the control level. The effects of feed intake on body weight, semen volume, percent semen-packed cell volume, luteinizing hormone (LH), and testes weight were determined. Body weights were significantly decreased as feed intake was decreased. Dietary restriction levels of 115, 100, 85, and 70% had no significant effects on semen volume or semen-packed cell volume. Dietary restriction of 55% resulted in reduced semen volume, semen-packed cell volume (except in Trial 1), and testes weight. Dietary restriction had no significant effect on LH. A calculated metabolizable energy (ME) value of 346 kcal of ME/bird/day, which lies between the 85 and 70%-fed groups, should be adequate for normal body weight maintenance with the Hubbard broiler breeder male grown in individual cages.

H. B. Brown | M. G. McCartney

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