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Effect of Reduced Early Growth Rate on the Protein Requirement of Roaster Chickens
How does early growth rate alter the response to the crude protein level in roaster diets? How is the mortality of birds kept to roaster weight affected by early body weight gain? A study was conducted by Hank ...
Author: Carlyle Bennett, M.Sc., Business Development Specialist - Poultry / Livestock Knowledge Centre...
Publication date: 11/26/2008    Rating:    Views: 680

Bioavailability and Antagonists of Trace Minerals in Ruminant Metabolism
Modern analytical techniques and instrumentation make it possible to accurately determine trace mineral concentration in feed and animal tissues. Unfortunately, however, such determinations provide no informati...
Author: David R. Ledoux and Marcia C. Shannon, Division of Animal Sciences (University of Missouri) – ...
Publication date: 11/24/2008    Rating:    Views: 1547

Corn Hybrid Kernel Trait Variation Affects Broiler Chicken Growth Performance
When nutritionists formulate diets, reference values are typically used to determine the nutritive content of the ingredients and the resultant diet. However, different corn hybrids have different chemical and ...
Author: Scott Moore, Kristjan Bregendahl, Ken Stalder, Donald Beitz, Chad Stahl and Wayne Fithian - Po...
Publication date: 11/17/2008    Rating:    Views: 1846

Bio-Efficacy of a heat-stable phytase enzyme in pelleted feed on growth performance in broiler chickens
An experiment was conducted at Research & Development Centre, Islamabad Feed Mills, Rawat, Pakistan, from July 26 to September 01, 2007.The trial used 4,356 day old broiler chicks and was conducted to 35 da...
Author: Dr.Munawar Ali, General Manager - Islamabad Farms (Pakistan)
Publication date: 11/05/2008    Rating:    Views: 1539

Efficiency of Biotronic® Product Line in Poultry
Due to their strong antimicrobial effect, acidifiers assist in improving feed and water hygiene standards. BIOMIN GmbH provides Biotronic® acidifier line, a family of products, combined from selected blends of ...
Author: PhD Renata Urbaityte, Product Manager - BIOMIN GmbH
Publication date: 10/23/2008    Rating:    Views: 1055

Feeding the Commercial Egg-Type Replacement Pullet
TODAY'S PULLETAdvances in genetic selection make today's pullets quite different from those of only a few years ago. Pullet body weight is less. Age at housing and at 5 percent production are earlier. Total egg...
Author: Richard D. Miles and Jacqueline P. Jacob - University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricul...
Publication date: 09/10/2008    Rating:    Views: 930

Sugar Syrup – A High Energy Feed For Poultry Industry
Feeding of poultry has become more innovative as the conversion of feed to poultry production is more efficient than ruminant. Unlike dairy, poultry products like meat and egg are energy dependant on synthesis ...
Author: Dr. P.George Kunju John, AFD Manager - Al Khaleej Sugar Co LLC (Dubai, UAE)
Publication date: 08/28/2008    Rating:    Views: 1055

Early Feed Intake and Bird Performance
Importance of Early Feed IntakeFeed intake is the single most important factor in determining growth rate of commercial broilers and turkeys. The data in Table 1 were obtained from industry sources and show tha...
Author: G. Tom Tabler, Applied Broiler Research Unit Manager, Center of Excellence for Poultry Science...
Publication date: 08/13/2008    Rating:    Views: 1755

Allocating Feed to Female Broiler Breeders
Managing broiler breeders is a new challenge with every flock as breeder companies produce new and improved "models" that have better growth efficiency and productivity than the year before. At the same time pr...
Author: Brenda Schneider, Martin Zuidhof, Frank Robinson & Rob Renema - Government of Alberta Agricult...
Publication date: 07/25/2008    Rating:    Views: 1405

Phosphorus Requirements for Poultry
This fact sheet has been developed to support the implementation of the Natural Resources Conservation Service Feed Management 592 Practice Standard. The Feed Management 592 Practice Standard was adopted by NRC...
Author: Todd J. Applegate (Purdue University); Roselina Angel (University of Maryland, College Park) -...
Publication date: 07/21/2008    Rating:    Views: 770