Efficiency of utilization of metabolizable energy for carcass energy retention in broiler chickens fed maize, wheat or a mixture
Pirgozliev, V., Hammandy, M.H., Mansbridge, S.C., Whiting, I.M. and Rose, S.P. (2024) Efficiency of utilization of metabolizable energy for carcass energy retention in broiler chickens fed maize, wheat or a mixture. Poultry, 3 (2). pp. 85-94. ISSN 2674-1164
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Abstract
The study aimed to quantify carcass fat and protein retention, and the efficiency of carcass energy utilization (Kre) resulting from feeding broiler chickens diets containing wheat, maize or mixtures of both as the major cereal ingredient. The apparent metabolizable energy (AME) of the four cereal samples was determined in adult cockerels. There was a linear (p < 0.001) increase in AME with increasing amounts of maize within the four cereal mixtures, with analyses indicating that the AME of maize was 1.4 MJ/kg greater than that of wheat. A second bioassay with growing chickens was used to determine Kre in each cereal, measured as carcass fat and protein from 7 to 21d age. Increasing proportions of maize resulted in linear increases in carcass fat and energy retained from fat (p < 0.001). However, the carcass protein and energy retained from protein did not follow the same pattern as fat (p = 0.121), but rather decreased numerically (L = 0.032). The Kre tended (p = 0.060) to increase with greater proportion of maize in a linear fashion (L = 0.009). Although AME values of cereals were confirmed to be additive, this could not be confirmed for Kre. This data can be used for optimizing energy utilization models for growing broilers.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Keywords: | maize, wheat, broilers, metabolizable energy, efficiency of energy utilization |
| Divisions: | Agriculture and Environment (from 1.08.20) |
| Depositing User: | Miss Katie O'Connor |
| Date Deposited: | 21 May 2024 15:27 |
| Last Modified: | 21 May 2024 15:27 |
| URI: | https://hau.repository.guildhe.ac.uk/id/eprint/18080 |
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