Basic Science Sector

Citation:

Jim, E., S. Chamorro, M. Frikha, H. M. Safaa1, R. Lazaro, and G. G. Mateos, "Effects of Increasing Levels of Pea Hulls in The Diet on Productive Performance, Development of The Gastrointestinal Tract, and Nutrient Retention of Broilers From one to Eighteen Days of Age", Animal Feed Science and Technology, 2011.

Abstract:

The effects of inclusion of pea hulls (PH) in the diet on growth performance, development of the gastrointestinal tract and nutrient retention were studied in broilers from 1 to 18 d of age. There were a control diet based on low fibre ingredients (69.3 total dietary fibre (16.1 g crude fibre/kg)) and three additional diets that resulted from the dilution of the basal diet with 25, 50 and 75 g PH/kg (81.2, 93.2, and 105.1 g total dietary fibre/kg diet, respectively). Each treatment was replicated six times and the experimental unit was a cage with 12 chicks. Growth performance, development of the gastrointestinal tract and the coefficients of total tract apparent retention (CTTAR) of nutrients were recorded at 6, 12 and 18 d of age. In addition, jejunal morphology was measured at 12 and 18 d and the coefficients of apparent ileal digestibility (CAID) of nutrients at 18 d of age. Pea hulls inclusion affected all the parameters studied.

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