-transparent.png){kind=logo}
One-thousand male broiler crossbred chickens were implanted subcutaneously with 15 mg of estradiol-17 beta-monopalmitate at 2 wk of age; another 1,000 chickens served as untreated controls. Each of the treatments consisted of 8 pens of 125 chickens each. All chickens that died during the 9-wk experiment were necropsied and the incidence of sudden death syndrome (SDS), determined. There was no significant difference between treated and control groups in total mortality or in mortality attributed to SDS. Treated birds had higher feed-to-gain ratios and drank more water than controls.
Related Publications
E E Gardiner, and
R C Newberry, and
J R Hunt
September 1990,
Poultry science,
E E Gardiner, and
R C Newberry, and
J R Hunt
March 1991,
Poultry science,
E E Gardiner, and
R C Newberry, and
J R Hunt
March 1979,
The Canadian veterinary journal = La revue veterinaire canadienne,
E E Gardiner, and
R C Newberry, and
J R Hunt
July 1988,
Poultry science,
E E Gardiner, and
R C Newberry, and
J R Hunt
August 1990,
Poultry science,
E E Gardiner, and
R C Newberry, and
J R Hunt
January 1969,
Poultry science,
E E Gardiner, and
R C Newberry, and
J R Hunt
March 1991,
Poultry science,
E E Gardiner, and
R C Newberry, and
J R Hunt
March 1979,
The Canadian veterinary journal = La revue veterinaire canadienne,
E E Gardiner, and
R C Newberry, and
J R Hunt
August 2008,
Research in veterinary science,
E E Gardiner, and
R C Newberry, and
J R Hunt
May 1982,
Poultry science,
