Abstract

High Fibre Diet Reduced the Energy Cost of Production and Abdominal Fat of Broiler Chickens

Highlights

  • Feed is one of the most important factors which impacts broiler performance (Ferket and Gernat, 2006; Dozier et al, 2010)

  • Birds fed on low fibre content diet had higher body weight than birds fed on higher fibre content diets

  • Feed intake was significantly affected by the energy level

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Introduction

Feed is one of the most important factors which impacts broiler performance (Ferket and Gernat, 2006; Dozier et al, 2010). Feed costs vary with the cost of ingredients but normally feed costs for broilers represent 65-85% of the variable cost of production of the live broiler (Parkhurst and Mountney, 1988; da Costa et al, 2017). This cost has risen significantly in the past few years due to increases in prices of many feed ingredients, cereal grains, which are used mainly as a source of energy for the birds (Donohue and Cunningham, 2009). Such a practice would improve the quality of poultry meat, which generally becomes fatty as a result of the very rapid growth of birds and over-consumption of very high-quality feed

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