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Young Broiler Feeding Kinematic Analysis as A Function of the Feed Type.
Neves, Diego Pereira; Mehdizadeh, Saman Abdanan; Santana, Mayara Rodrigues; Amadori, Marlon Sávio; Banhazi, Thomas Michael; de Alencar Nääs, Irenilza.
Afiliação
  • Neves DP; College of Agriculture Engineering, State University of Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo 13000-000, Brazil.
  • Mehdizadeh SA; Department of Mechanics of Biosystems Engineering, College of Agricultural Engineering and Rural Development, Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources University of Khuzestan, Ahvaz, Khuzestan 6133613395, Iran.
  • Santana MR; Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Federal University of Grande Dourados, Dourados-MS 79800-000, Brazil.
  • Amadori MS; Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Federal University of Grande Dourados, Dourados-MS 79800-000, Brazil.
  • Banhazi TM; Faculty of Health, Engineering and Science, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba Campus, Toowoomba 4350, QLD, Australia.
  • de Alencar Nääs I; PLF Agritech Pty. Ltd. Toowoomba 4350, QLD, Australia.
Animals (Basel) ; 9(12)2019 Dec 15.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31847441
Past publications describe the various impact of feeding behavior of broilers on productivity and physiology. However, very few publications have considered the impact of biomechanics associated with the feeding process in birds. The present study aims at comparing the kinematic variables of young broiler chicks (3-4 days old; 19 specimens) while feeding them with three different feed types, such as fine mash (F1), coarse mash (F2), and crumbled feed (F3). The feeding behavior of the birds was recorded using a high-speed camera. Frames sequences of each mandibulation were selected manually and classified according to the temporal order that occurred (first, second, third, or fourth, and further). The head displacement and the maximum beak gape were automatically calculated by image analysis. The results did not indicate strong correlations between birds' weight, beak size (length and width), and the kinematic variables of feeding. The differences between the tested feed were found mostly in the first and second mandibulations, probably explained by the higher incidence of "catch-and-throw" movements in F3 (33%) and F1 (26%) than F2 (20%). The "catch-and-throw" movements in F1 (the smallest feed particle) mostly occurred in the first mandibulation, as in F3 (the largest feed particle) also occurred in the latest mandibulations. It might be suggested that the adoption of "catch-and-throw" in the latest mandibulations increases with larger particles. The kinematic variables in the latest mandibulations (from the third one on) seem to be similar for all feed types, which represent the swallowing phase. It might be inferred that the temporal sequence of the mandibulations should be essential to describe the kinematics of a feeding scene of broiler chickens, and the first and second mandibulations are potentially the key factors for the differences accounted by the diverse feed particle sizes.
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Idioma: En Revista: Animals (Basel) Ano de publicação: 2019 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Brasil País de publicação: Suíça

Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Idioma: En Revista: Animals (Basel) Ano de publicação: 2019 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Brasil País de publicação: Suíça