Diego Martinez Patiño-Patroni

IntroductionOver the years, broilers have become more efficient, with lower feed conversion ratios (FCR; Martinez et al., 2020), more efficient energy partitioning (Martinez et al., 2022d), higher lean body mass contents (Maharjan et al., 2020), higher meat production, with relatively more meat in the breast than the leg quarters (Martinez et al., 2022e). For this reason, they are more sensitive t ...

IntroductionOver the years, broilers have become more efficient, with lower feed conversion ratios (FCR; Martinez et al., 2020), more efficient energy partitioning (Martinez et al., 2022d), higher lean body mass contents (Maharjan et al., 2020), higher meat production, with relatively more meat in the breast than the leg quarters (Martinez et al., 2022e). For this reason, they are more sensitive t ...

Diego Martínez (University of Arkansas)     An energy system is needed to optimize feed formulation and influence economics and sustainability. This study assessed the sensitivity of productive energy (PE) and classic net energy (CNE) to BW gain (BWG), feed conversion ratio (FCR), and net energy for gain (NEg) and maintenance (NEm), and developed models to predict BWG, FCR, a ...

IntroductionThe poultry industry aims to optimize the breast weight of the broilers because of its relatively higher market value. Through the years, improvements in breast meat yield have not only led to myopathies (Caldas-Cueva et al., 2021) but also to increased heat production (Martinez et al., 2019) due to the higher body protein content and turnover rates (Maharjan et al., 2020a; 2021b) in m ...