The proximate chemical composition, mineral, fatty acid, and amino acid profiles of Nigella seed meal (NSM) was determined. In addition, apparent (AAAU) and true (TAAU) amino acid utilization, and apparent (AMET) and true (TMET) metabolisability were determined using a force-feeding…
A study was conducted to determine dietary energy levels for optimum productivity and carcass characteristics of indigenous Venda chickens raised in closed confinement. Four dietary treatments were considered in the first phase (1 to 7 weeks) on two hundred day-old…
The study was conducted to determine the effects of feeding diets containing two levels of metabolisable energy (normal or low) and three sources of fat (palm-, sunflower- or fish-oil) with or without L-carnitine (0 or 500 mg/kg diet) on the…
The present study was conducted to determine the effects of dietary metabolisable energy (ME) density and L-carnitine supplementation on the performance, carcass traits and blood parameters of broiler chickens. The experiment was designed with three levels of dietary energy (low,…
