Effect of broiler genetics, age, and gender on performance and blood chemistry.

M L Livingston¹, A J Cowieson², R Crespo³, V Hoang⁴, B Nogal⁴, M Browning⁵, K A Livingston⁵

¹DSM Nutritional Products, 45 Waterview blvd. Parcipany, NJ, USA.

²DSM Nutritional Products, Wurmisweg 576, 4303 Kaiseraugst, Switzerland.

³Department of Population and Health Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, NC State University, Raleigh, NC 27607, USA.

⁴InsideTracker, 101 Main Street, Cambridge, MA, USA.

⁵Prestage Department of Poultry Science, NC State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-7608, USA.

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Abstract

A total of 640 broilers were used to determine the effects of strain, sex, and age on hematology and blood chemistry using rapid detection devices. Day old chicks from two genetic lines of common fast-growing and high-yield broiler strains were sexed and allocated to 40 pens (16 birds per pen) containing either male or female and Ross or Cobb strains (n = 10). Venous blood was analyzed weekly usin…

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