Biomaterial Database

Water consumption the first week by egg strain chicks. 1983

J L Stahl, and M L Sunde

Water consumption was measured on 12 groups of 75 straight run day-old Leghorn-type chicks. For 2 years the consumption was measured on a per day basis for the first week. Control waterers were set up in the floor pens to measure evaporation. Feed consumption averaged 6.9 kg per pen for the week. Average water consumption in liters/1000 chicks/day for the first 7 days was as follows, respectively: 8.5, 8.6, 11.4, 11.9, 13.1, 15.5, 16.4. These values are slightly less than the National Research Council (1977) values and considerably less than other reported values.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D002645	Chickens	Common name for the species Gallus gallus, the domestic fowl, in the family Phasianidae, order GALLIFORMES. It is descended from the red jungle fowl of SOUTHEAST ASIA.	Gallus gallus,Gallus domesticus,Gallus gallus domesticus,Chicken
D004326	Drinking	The consumption of liquids.	Water Consumption,Water Intake,Drinkings
D005618	Fresh Water	Water containing no significant amounts of salts, such as water from RIVERS and LAKES.	Freshwater,Fresh Waters,Freshwaters,Water, Fresh,Waters, Fresh
D000367	Age Factors	Age as a constituent element or influence contributing to the production of a result. It may be applicable to the cause or the effect of a circumstance. It is used with human or animal concepts but should be differentiated from AGING, a physiological process, and TIME FACTORS which refers only to the passage of time.	Age Reporting,Age Factor,Factor, Age,Factors, Age
D000818	Animals	Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA.	Animal,Metazoa,Animalia