L'ingestion chez le poulet de chair: N'oublions pas les régulations à court terme

Abstract

Nutritional programs are usually based on a daily schedule, whereas different phenomena related to feed intake come into play on shorter timescales. Feed intake is regulated in the long-term at the central level through feedback from peripheral tissues, enabling energy balance, and also protein homeostasis and homoeothermia. The short-term regulation of feed intake is linked to the necessity to limit the quantity of feed and to provide regular supplies of energy and nutrients. In poultry, it is probably effective in less than one hour and involves signals from the gastro-intestinal tract acting on the central nervous system. Sensorial cues induce very rapid responses (