Dietary Fibre on Gut Developmen

Forum: Effect of Litter Material and Dietary Fibre on Gut Development, Gut Microflora and Performance in Broilers

Published on: 05/31/2012
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Author : Bob Swick, S.B. Wu, L.L. Mikkelsen (University of New England), R. Macalpine, V.A. Torok, K. Balding (Ingham Enterprises), Assoc. Prof. Paul Iji (Univ
Summary A feeding study was conducted to compare the effects of litter material, dietary fibre and sex on growth performance, organ development, mucosal morphometry and gut microbial communities in broilers. Seven hundred twenty day old Cobb chicks were allocated to 24 floor pens in a 2 x 2 x 2 factorial design with 3 pens of 30 birds per replicate (3 pens of males and 3 pens of females). Factors...
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05/28/2012 | What would be the effect of adding NSP enzymes to the high fiber diet?
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Re: Forum: Effect of Litter Material and Dietary Fibre on Gut Development, Gut Microflora and Performance in Broilers
05/29/2012 |

Nice Article !

Poultry litter materials are selected keeping in mind the economics & easy availability which are regional based, Paper litter materials for broiler chicken bedding has been rated good as per this article. Wherever paper litter is readily available then farmers should prefer paper litter, however rice husk as litter material is preferred over other organic litter materials for turning into organic manure in our territory.

Dietary fibre & litter materials will be the key for litter condition of poultry farms so for better farm management, farmers should also practice litter treatment routinely.

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