The basal metabolism of 3 to 4 weeks old White Leghorn chickens

Smuts, D.B.; Marais, J.S.C.

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dc.contributor.author	Smuts, D.B.
dc.contributor.author	Marais, J.S.C.
dc.contributor.editor	Du Toit, P.J.
dc.date.accessioned	2016-07-13T15:01:28Z
dc.date.available	2016-07-13T15:01:28Z
dc.date.created	2016
dc.date.issued	1938
dc.description	The articles have been scanned in colour with a HP Scanjet 5590; 300dpi. Adobe Acrobat XI Pro was used to OCR the text and also for the merging and conversion to the final presentation PDF-format.	en_ZA
dc.description	Includes bibliographical references	en_ZA
dc.description.abstract	1. By the application of the mold method the individual surface area of 17 chickens of approximately one month of age were determined and formulae evolved for the prediction of the surface area. The value for K in the Meeh formula was found to be 11•2, while by the method of least squares a formula equivalent to S = 36•31 W ⁴⁵⁷ was obtained. 2. The basal heat production of one-month-old chickens, when expressed per square meter of body surface, was found to be 891 calories per day. If the formula of Mitchell for estimating- the surface area is applied, the basal heat production becomes 1,085 calories per day. 3. It appears that the highest basal metabolism in chickens is reached between 3½ to 4½weeks.
dc.description.librarian	ab2018
dc.format.extent	9 pages : tables, graphs	en_ZA
dc.identifier.citation	Smuts, DB & Marais, JSC 1938, ’The basal metabolism of 3 to 4 weeks old white Leghorn chickens’, Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Science and Animal Industry, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 141-149	en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn	0330-2465
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2263/55810
dc.language.iso	en	en_ZA
dc.publisher	Pretoria : Government Printer	en_ZA
dc.rights	©1938 ARC - Onderstepoort and Faculty of Veterinary Science. University of Pretoria (original). ©2016 University of Pretoria. Dept. of Library Services (digital).	en_ZA
dc.subject	Poultry -- Metabolism	en_ZA
dc.subject	Basal metabolism	en_ZA
dc.subject	Leghorn chickens	en_ZA
dc.subject.lcsh	Veterinary medicine -- South Africa
dc.title	The basal metabolism of 3 to 4 weeks old White Leghorn chickens	en_ZA
dc.type	Article	en_ZA