Reducing agent and exogenous protease additions, individually and in combination, to wheat- and sorghum-based diets interactively influence parameters of nutrient utilisation and digestive dynamics in broiler chickens

The objective of the study was to investigate the possibility that tandem inclusions of a reducing agent and a protease may advantage chicken-meat production and to ascertain if the established benefits of including sodium metabisulphite in sorghum-based diets extend to wheat-based diets. The study...

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Main Authors: Peter H. Selle, Ha H. Truong, Leon R. McQuade, Amy F. Moss, Sonia Yun Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. 2016-12-01
Series:Animal Nutrition
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405654516301184