Fibre in Poultry Rations and Its Relationship with Broiler Performance and Gut Health
Published:August 8, 2023
Summary
Fibre is a nutrient that has been largely ignored in feed formulation, not because it is unimportant, but because it is not well known what ‘fibre’ actually stands for. Firstly, the terms used to describe fibre in feed are confusing and the values they represent are inaccurate. For instance, ‘crude fibre’ is a 19th century relic that does not mean much in monogastric anima...
Interesting discussion. What is your recommended method for determination of solubility of the fiber fractions? And shouldn´t we also be concerned about the amount of nitrogen bound to fiber, as it will affect the microbiota in birds and pigs?
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