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
Summary
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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