Abstract
VERY little information is available with respect to the use of reserpine in avians. To date, no articles have been published dealing with the effect of reserpine on male chickens.Hewitt and Reynolds (1957) used reserpine to control cannibalism in the ring-necked pheasant (Phasianus colchicus). Reserpine was fed at levels of five milligrams and seven milligrams per kilogram of feed to young pheasants. It was found that reserpine reduced the incidence of cannibalism and feather picking. Also, the results indicated that reserpine reduced the feed consumption and improved the efficiency of feed utilization.Carlson (1956), in work with growing turkeys, used two levels of reserpine: 0.5 and 1.0 milligram per kilogram of diet. He thought that reserpine at this level depressed growth and feed efficiency. It was believed that rations low in tryptophan, which is a precursor of serotonin, might have caused a depression in growth because of a deficiency …
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