Effect of Starvation on Production and Resistance to Infection in Poultry

Work was done to show the effect of insufficientamounts of well balanced rations on body weight gain,egg production of experimental infection on poultry.Body gain1. Birds cf’f ar e d sufficient amounts of food, supplYing287.2 Kcal ME/cock/day gained 5 & 10 grams of L.S.L.and Matrouh Cocks respectively.2. Restriction to 85 % (85 gm/cock/day) normally fedbirds caused a loss of 3.2 % and 4.8% of body weight ofL.,p .L. and Matrouh cocks respectively. J. Restriction to 70% (70gm/cock/day) normally fedbirds caused aloss of 7.7% and 7% body weight of L.S.L.and Matrouh cocks respectively.4. Gimmeza bilds Offered sufficient amounts of food,suppling 294.6 Kcal ME/bird/day gained 390 gm from16 weeks up to 22 weeks of age.5. Restriction to 70% (70 gm/bird/day) normally fedbd.rd s caused a .Loas of 7 % of body weight, while’restriction to 50% (50 gm/bird/day) normally fed birdscaused a’loss of 8.3% of body weight