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- Title
Exploring the effects of different perches types on footpad dermatitis of Taiwanese meat-type chickens at 2018.
- Authors
Chen, X. Y.; Hung, H. W.; Yang, S. S.; Su, A. K.
- Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate the preference of broiler chickens in Taiwan for different types of perches and the effect of perch design on chicken body weight, footpad dermatitis, and production efficiency. 360 birds of 5-week-old red-feathered chickens were divided into control group, round metal tube as group A and square metal tube as group B, with 3 repetitions in each group and 40 birds per repetition. The test ranged from 5 weeks of age to 12 weeks of age. At the end of 12 weeks of age, the percentages of footpad dermatitis in the control group, group A and group B were 64.96, 85.34 and 98.29%, respectively. It showed that the group B had significantly more severe footpad dermatitis than others, and the proportion of birds in group Bused in perch was extremely low. However, the perch can improve animal welfare. Therefore, it is recommended that the platform can be developed in the future.
- Subjects
TAIWAN; CHICKEN diseases; FOOT diseases; SKIN inflammation; ANIMAL welfare
- Publication
Journal of the Chinese Society of Animal Science, 2019, Vol 48, p177
- ISSN
0253-9187
- Publication type
Article