The usefulness of different commercial strains of slaughter turkey females for extensive system of management and feeding

Quantity and quality of poultry products depending on birds’ rearing system

“…In some opinions the production effects of birds should be considered as a reaction of particular genotype for not optimal, extensive conditions. In some works indeed birds kept extensively, regardless of growth rate, achieved smaller body weight [Branciari et al 2009, Batkowska andBrodacki 2012]. But in some of them fast-growing birds fed with farm fodders and kept with access to green paddocks were considerably heavier than control groups, reared in conventional, litter system [Batkowska et al 2015].…”