Arele Arlindo Calderano

1. IntroductionBroiler chicken feed represents approximately 75% of production costs, a figure that is expected to increase due to the commodity nature of animal feed ingredients, especially soybean oil, a primary raw material in feed production [1,2]. Currently, there are few alternative energy sources to soybean oil available for reducing production costs in poultry farming.Given these challenge ...

1. IntroductionIn poultry nutrition, soybean meal is one of the main protein sources used due to several factors such as the percentage of crude protein (CP), its good amino acid profile, and its bioavailability [1]. However, the existence of antinutritional factors (AF) in soybean meal has been shown to have a considerable effect in reducing the bioavailability of elements in this product, such a ...