Influence of microwave and heat treatment in a household oven on the nutritive value of full-fat soy beans as determined by an urease index, the FDNB test for available lysine and a broiler growth test. The microwave treatment of soy-bean…
Fractionation of sunflower oilcake meal and use of the low-fibre fraction together with full-fat soy-bean meal as a replacement for fish-meal in broiler diets. Nutrient concentrations of various fractions of sunflower oilcake meal were studied by sieving the meal through…
Effect of dietary energy concentration on the performance of broilers. The effect of varying ME content between 11,5 and 14,2 MJ/kg feed was studied with broilers in an 8-week trial. Ten treatments were used with dietary ME levels of 11,5;…
A comparison of broiler performances on milled and unmilled sorghum-based diets: This study was undertaken to determine whether it is essential to mill sorghum before it is included in broiler diets. Remarkable savings can be achieved if unmilled sorghum could…
Untreated, sodium hydroxide- and formaldehyde-treated birdproof grain sorghum as energy source in broiler diets: A comparative study was undertaken with broilers to evaluate the nutritional value of sodium hydroxide (NaOH)- and formaldehyde(HCHO)-treated birdproof sorghum as the primary energy source in…
The aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of dietary supplementation with an essential oil mixture, a commercially available organic acid and a probiotic on growth performance and carcass yield of broilers. One thousand two hundred and…
This study was conducted to investigate the effects of probiotic and/or prebiotic supplementation on growth performance and serum IgG concentrations in broilers. One thousand two hundred one-day old Ross-308 broiler chicks of mixed sex were randomly divided into four treatment…
The purpose of this study was to investigate the protective effect of dietary conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) on the prevention of aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) toxicity in the broiler chicken. A total of 99 Ross 308 male broiler chicks was assigned…
Two broiler feeding trials (1-31 days of age) were carried out to determine the effect of fortifying grain amaranth diets with lysine, methionine, casein and ethylene diamine tetraacetate (EDTA) on performance, amino acid availability, plasma amino acids, nitrogen and mineral…
Performance, physiological and behavioural parameters of two groups of domestic chickens were compared. Chickens were raised in classical commercial conditions in buildings housing 12000 birds. One group acted as a control, while the environment of the other was perfused with…
