Poultry feed metabolizable energy determination using total or partial excreta collection methods

Poultry feed metabolizable energy determination using total or partial excreta collection methods

The aim of this work was to compare the efficiency of total (TC) or partial (PC) collection excreta methods to determine metabolizable energy in poultry feeds. A number of 180 12- to 21-day-old broilers were distributed into two treatments of six replicates of 10 birds each. A reference-diet was for...

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Main Authors: LRB Dourado, JC Siqueira, NK Sakomura, SRF Pinheiro, SM Marcato, JBK Fernandes, JHV Silva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação APINCO de Ciência e Tecnologia Avícolas 2010-06-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Poultry Science
Subjects:
Acid insoluble ash
AIA
broiler
digestibility
marker
partial collection method
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