Australian Chicken Meat Industry Sustainability Framework
Message from the Australian Chicken Meat Federation Chief Executive Officer, Mary Wu The industry is proud to deliver the inaugural Australian Chicken Meat Industry Sustainability...
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Final Report Summary: Electrolyte supplementation to alleviate the adverse effects of severe heat stress in meat chickens
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Published: 12 Oct 2020
Author(s): Dr Jeff Downing
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The research aimed to determine whether supplementing meat chickens with electrolytes in the final few days of the production period, during high temperatures, would: improve carcass quality and performance, and reduce the effects of dehydration and physiological stressd uring transport and lairage.
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