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Understanding Corn Variability

Published: August 3, 2022
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Overview Corn is the most common feed ingredient used in poultry nutrition. Maize contributes with up to 65% of the metabolizable energy and 20% of crude protein in poultry diets (Gehring et al., 2013; Dei, 2017). Its average nutritional value is well-known, but it is accepted that the variability in its composition and energy value is a very common issue with great impact on poultry performan...
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Edgar O. Oviedo-Rondón
North Carolina State University - NCSU
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Wwgzl
4 de junio de 2023
A very good article for more comprehensively understanding corn variability caused by seed varieties and their post-havest processing. Finding out the relationship amoung nuttrients and nontrient profile, physical and chemical and physi-chemical properties with ME and available nutrients is the value-added work.
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