Table 3.
Litter moisture percent estimate (95% CI) sampled directly underneath the water line in pens of broiler breeder pullets reared on one of four feed and water provision treatments in a 2 × 2 factorial design1.
| Treatment | 10 weeks | 16 weeks | 22 weeks |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADLIB | |||
| ED | 35.5 (30.8, 40.6)a | 52.6 (47.3, 57.8)a | 28.3 (24.1, 32.9)b |
| SAD | 21.7 (18.1, 25.7)b | 34.6 (29.9, 39.5)b | 35.2 (30.5, 40.2) a |
| WR | |||
| ED | 17.8 (14.6, 21.4)b | 37.9 (33.1, 43.0)b | 22.0 (18.4, 26.1)c |
| SAD | 19.7 (16.3, 23.6)b | 25.2 (21.3, 29.6)c | 29.2 (24.9, 33.8)b |
1Feeding treatments consisted of skip-a-day (SAD) and every-day (ED) feeding programs, while water provision treatments consisted of water restriction for 3 h during the 8 h photoperiod (WR) or ad libitum (ADLIB) access to water during the 8 h photoperiod.
Superscripts differing within a column indicate statistically significant differences identified with a Tukey’s pairwise comparison post hoc test (p < 0.05).