Poultry Industry Technical Articles
Article published the November 26, 2020:
Guanidinoacetic acid (GAA) as a source of creatine.
1. Creatine is a naturally occurring component in the body of animals and is a critical component in energy metabolism.
2. In contrast to other nutrients, c...
Article published the November 11, 2020:
High-shear dry extruded corn and soybeans and the quest for higher growth performance in modern broiler genetics.
Feeding young broilers during the first 10 days post-hatch is the new frontier in poultry nutri...
Article published the November 4, 2020:
1. Introduction
Similar to mammals, the liver in birds is involved in an array of metabolic and homeostatic functions and considered as a biochemical factory responsible for most of the synthesis, metabolism, ...
Article published the November 3, 2020:
INTRODUCTION
The huge increase in poultry production to meet the growing demand in Nigeria has led to the rise in antibiotic use, leading to a worrying increase in cases of antibiotic resistance diagnosed in a...
Article published the November 3, 2020:
INTRODUCTION
In China, Spain, Italy, Mexico and Peru, amongst other countries, the consumer demands chicken with yellow skin pigmentation. Since skin pigmentation is associated with health status and product f...
Article published the October 23, 2020:
Introduction
Protein is a major and expensive component of animal feed, accounting for about 20% of the total dry matter content of swine and poultry diets. Soybean meal is the leading source of feed protein [...
Article published the October 20, 2020:
1. Introduction
Heat stress (HS) has undesired effects on the growth performance [1,2] and meat quality [3] of broiler chickens. During HS, chickens seek to dissipate unwanted and excess body heat by increasin...
Article published the October 16, 2020:
INTRODUCTION
Phosphorus is one of the essential minerals for all the living organisms including poultry. Phosphorus being a part of energy currency, plays a critical role in cellular metabolism as well as also...
Article published the October 16, 2020:
Anatomically, the main structural unit that conforms the liver are microscopic cells called hepatocytes. When hepatocytes are loaded with fat or pigments, as a consequence of some of the elements that we a...
Article published the October 15, 2020:
DESCRIPTION OF PROBLEM
The main interests of animal nutritionists are in biology, not econometrics. As a result, the economic interpretation of feeding practices has practically been ignored in animal nu...