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Performance of Broilers Fed Diets with High and Low Net Energy but Similar Metabolisable Energy

Published: June 22, 2021
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I. INTRODUCTION The most important cost component of broiler feed relates to energy, as this may account for up to 75% of feed costs (van der Klis & Kwakernaak, 2008). Therefore, more accurate evaluation of feed energy in broiler production is imperative for environmental and financial reasons. The metabolisable energy (ME) system is currently the preferred measure for determining energy u...
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Sosthene Musigwa
Natalie Morgan
Robert Swick
Pierre Cozannet
Shubiao Wu
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Mangalmurti Pathak
10 de julio de 2021

Nice work. The poor performance in high NE diet with low protein is naturally because of imbalance of calorie and amino acids in feed. Under such situation there is tendency of fat deposition in birds at the cost of feed efficiency resulting in poor performance.

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