Abstract:Two experiments using 64-week-old Single Comb White Leghorn roosters were conducted to determine the meal response to an abrupt change in dietary energy or environmental temperature. In the first experiment, dietary energy level was changed from 200 kcal to either 250 or 150 kcal/75 g. In the second experiment, environmental temperature was changed from 22.2 C to either 13.3 or 30.0 C. Feeding behavior was recorded throughout both experiments. Meal size, meal frequency, and time spent eating a meal were measur… Show more
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