. Bulletin. Natural history; Natural history. July, 1973 Labisky & Anderson: Nutritional Responses of Pheasants 97 ADULT HENS Body Weight Changes Adult hen pheasants that were fed either normal corn or high-Iysine corn at the restricted rate of 200 g each per week for a 7-week period in late winter and early spring suffered losses in body weight that averaged g for those on nonnal corn and g for those on high-lysine corn (Table 9). Both groups of hens suffered rather drastic losses in weight during the first week of the feeding trial. However, the hens fed normal corn es- sentiall
. Bulletin. Natural history; Natural history. July, 1973 Labisky & Anderson: Nutritional Responses of Pheasants 97 ADULT HENS Body Weight Changes Adult hen pheasants that were fed either normal corn or high-Iysine corn at the restricted rate of 200 g each per week for a 7-week period in late winter and early spring suffered losses in body weight that averaged g for those on nonnal corn and g for those on high-lysine corn (Table 9). Both groups of hens suffered rather drastic losses in weight during the first week of the feeding trial. However, the hens fed normal corn es- sentially recovered their first-week loss in weight during the subsequent 6 weeks whereas those fed high-lysine corn con- tinued to lose weight throughout the remainder of tiie feeding trial (Fig. 3). Table 9.—Body weight statistics for adult hen pheasants fed exclusive diets of 200 g of normal or of 200 g of high-lysine corn per hen per week for a 7-week period, March dApril 24, 1967. Mean Body Weight (g) or Weight Change for Specified Diet Normal Corn (n=6 Hens) High-Lysine Corn (n^6 Hens) F Values(i Initial weight (March 6) ± ° ± ,.,o Final weight (April 24) ± ± ,,10 Weight change ± ± ,.,o. (835g) Fig. sive diet: The meo respective for only 0 I 2 3 4 5 6 7 (MARCH 6) (APRIL 24) WEEKS OF STUDY 3—Mean change in body weight (g) by weekly periods among adult hen pheasants fed exclu- of normal corn or of lysine corn; the vertical lines transecting the means ore standard errors. 1 initial and final body weights for each group are given of the left and right of the graph, riy. significant (P<; 1 and 10 df) weight changes occurred b one of the seven successive weekly periods: 2 to 3 (F^). diets. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfect
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