Research: Influence of cereal type and dietary fiber on broiler performance

Researchers at the Department of Animal Production of the University of Murcia in Spain studied the influence of cereal type and the inclusion of sunflower meal as a source of additional dietary fiber on nutrient retention, growth performance and digestive organ size in broilers from one to twenty-one days of age.

Two experiments involving male Ross 308 broiler chicks were conducted to study the influence of type of cereal (sorghum or wheat) and the inclusion of sunflower meal (SFM) as a dietary fiber source on nutrient retention and growth performance. The experiment involved two feeding periods, starter (1–10 days of age) and finisher (11–21 days of age) and four experimental diets per period. Read more ...
 
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