Different access-to-feed strategies and nutritional strategies to improve broiler performance and flock homogeneity KU Leuven
Broilers traditionally hatch in a commercial hatchery and have delayed access to first feed, which may negatively affect intestinal development, immune response and performance. Besides access-to-feed, there are multiple reasons (difference in gastrointestinal tract development, gut health and microbial colonisiation) why certain animals underperform compared to their genetic potential, decreasing flock uniformity, which is a key performance ...