Performance of Different Fast Growing Broiler Strains in Winter

Sarker, M. S. K.; Ahmed, Shamim; Chowdhury, S. R.; Hamid, Md. Abdul; Rahman, Masudur

doi:10.3923/pjbs.2001.251.254

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“…Furthermore, variations in body weight gain in the present study are consistent with the findings of Sarker et al (2001) who reported that body weight gain was significantly higher in ISA Vedette than Arbor Acres and Hybro; the three different fast-growing broiler strains from day-old to 6 weeks. Amao et al (2011) confirmed that the significant differences in body weight, average daily gain, and average feed intake could be attributed to variations in genetic makeup, as in several other studies where genotype affected initially, weekly average and final body weights, feed consumption, and feed conversion ratio among different commercial strains at different ages (Yakubu et al 2010;Siaga et al 2017).…”

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Evaluation of growth performance and muscle marker genes expression in four different broiler strains in Jordan

Jawasreh

Athamneh

Al‐Zghoul

et al. 2019

Italian Journal of Animal Science

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This study investigates the expression of the muscle growth factors Myostatin (MSTN) and Insulin-like growth hormone type I (IGF-I) and muscle marker genes MyoD and MyoG in relation to growth performance and meat characteristics in four different commercial broiler strains. Eight hundred, one-day-old chicks of Hubbard Classic (HC), Cobb500 (Cobb), Ross308 (Ross) and Indian River (IR) strains were randomly distributed in a completely randomised design into four groups for 28 days. At the end of the growth trial, 10 birds from each strain were weighed and slaughtered. A sample of Pectoral muscle was taken and kept in RNA solution for mRNA expression level measurements. Gene expression in the pectoral muscle at 20 days revealed that MSTN expression was higher for Ross than HC and IR. IGF-I expression was highest in IR and lowest in HC. MyoD expression was lowest in HC but higher in Ross and Cobb, while MyoG expression was similar. At the end of the experiment, IR gained the highest (p < .0001) body weight, while Ross the lowest, yet still with no significant differences in body weight gain among the four strains. HC scored the lowest (p ¼ .01) efficiency in feed consumption (1.60 ± 0.03 kg/kg). Hot and cold carcase weights of IR were significantly heavier (p < .0001) than the other strains, with no significant difference in dressing percentages. Cooking loss was the highest (p ¼ .058) for Cobb, IR, HC, and Ross, in decreasing order. The meat-tenderness value was highest for Ross, while differences in pH, colour and water holding capacities were insignificant among the strains. HIGHLIGHTSIGF-I and MyoG genes can be used in Broiler artificial selection programmes for improving body weight and carcase cuts. Indian River strain gained the highest in body, and hot and cold carcase weights.

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Evaluation of growth performance and muscle marker genes expression in four different broiler strains in Jordan

Jawasreh

Athamneh

Al‐Zghoul

et al. 2019

Italian Journal of Animal Science

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“…There were no significant differences (P>0.05) at the fourth weeks among them. The results are agreed with the observations of Sarker et al (2001) and Azad (1996).…”

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“…There were no significant differences (P>0.05) of mortality among the three broiler strain at first, second, third and fourth weeks of age (Table 5). These findings with the observations of Sarker et al (2001) but Hossain et al (2011) reported that there were no significant differences Rokonuzzaman et al 312 (P>0.05) of mortality in different strains.…”

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This study was conducted with a total number of 135 day old broiler chicks were collected from the two breeding hatcheries in Bangladesh. The chicks were placed in an open poultry shed and exposed in winter season. There were three strains Cobb-500, Hubbard Classic and Arbor Acres, 45 of each strain divided 3 groups with 3 replications 15 broilers per pen. The feed intake at first and third weeks of age revealed that highly significant difference (P<0.001) in Cobb-500, Hubbard Classic and Arbor Acres in winter season. There was no significant difference (P>0.05) in live weight among the three broiler strains in winter season. In third weeks the significant difference (P<0.01) also observed body weight gain. The feed conversion ratio (FCR) of three broiler strains at first and third weeks of age in winter season were highly significant (P<0.001). There were no significant difference (P>0.05) of mortality. The dressing percentage differed highly significant (P<0.001) in winter at fourth weeks of age. It's concluded that Hubbard Classic may perform the best in winter than Cobb-500 and Arbor Acres due to dressing yield. Arbor Acres of the later two strains may also be recommended for commercial production on the basis of FCR.

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“…It is well known that the strain is a factor influencing diet effects in broiler nutrition ( Rahimi et al., 2006 ; Sarker et al., 2001 ; Hossain et al., 2011 ). This assertion seems corroborated by our findings showing diverse effects of triticale grains on broiler performance according to the strains.…”

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Effects of different triticale inclusion levels on broilers’ growth parameters: A meta-analysis

Poaty Ditengou,

Cho,

Ahn

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Veterinary and Animal Science

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Performance of Different Fast Growing Broiler Strains in Winter

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Evaluation of growth performance and muscle marker genes expression in four different broiler strains in Jordan

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Effects of different triticale inclusion levels on broilers’ growth parameters: A meta-analysis

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