Electronic feeding stations (EFS) were developed to automate data collection of individual animals housed in a group environment. In order for scientists to use EFS, such as feed intake recording equipment (FIRE), in research, data recorded electronically cannot differ from data recorded on calibrated scales. The objectives of 2 studies were to determine if data recorded by 2 FIRE stations (FIR...

The influence of dietary oxidized oil was studied on laying hen performance, egg quality and blood metabolites.  Experiment was conducted on 160 laying hens (Hy-Line W-36, 54-61 wk of age) in a completely randomized design with five treatments and four replicated cages containing eight birds per cage. Dietary treatments replaced fresh soybean oil in the control diet (3% fresh soybean oil, 15.25...

The project was planed to study the effect of varying dietary cation-anoin balance on the growth performance of broilers. One hundred and twenty day-old (Hubbard) broiler chicks were purchased from a local hatchery and reared in a group for one week of age. At the start of second week, birds were randomly distributed in 12 pens (10 chicks per pen). Four isonitrogenous and isocaloric starter and...

an experiment with 300 one-day old ross male broiler chicks was conducted to determine the effects of glauconite and zeolite on the broiler's performance, tibia bone and blood characteristics. five experimental treatments [control, glauconite (2 & 4 percent), and zeolite (2 & 4 percent)] were used in a completely randomized design with 4 replicates. during the experiment weight gain, feed ...

Applying analgesics to feed is a potentially easy method of providing pain-relief to sheep and lambs that undergo painful husbandry procedures. To be effective, the medicated feed needs to be readily accepted by sheep and its consumption needs to result in therapeutic concentrations of the drug. In the present experiment, pelleted feed was supplemented with flunixin (4.0 mg/kg live weight) and ...

This experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of feed withdrawal (F) and heat acclimatization (A) on malebroiler and -layer chickens responses to acute heat stress (AHS) at four weeks of age. Totals of ninety male chicks of broiler or layer type were randomly allocated into 30 pens of grower batteries with raised wire floors. Chicks were subjected to F and A three times a week through th...

Feeding trial was conducted in order to study the response of broilers to the different feed additives in combination with one another in order to know which combination of feed additives would give better response. The criteria of response included body weight gain, feed consumption, feed efficiency, cost of feed per kg, body weight gain and mortality. In the experiment Driselase, Biovin-40, N...

OBJECTIVE To examine metabolic responses of chronically starved horses to refeeding with 3 isoenergetic diets. DESIGN Uncontrolled clinical trial. ANIMALS 22 mature mixed-breed horses that were emaciated but otherwise clinically normal. PROCEDURE Horses were fed 1 of 3 diets: alfalfa hay, oat hay, or a combination diet of half oat hay and half commercially prepared ration. Digestible ener...

Chicken meat is the most preferential consumable edible nowadays. The present increased demand and supply of the chicken has resulted in the provision of chicken feed supplemented with all the basic macro and micronutrients to the poultry. As the consequence enhanced weight gain and growth of the chickens is observed that has allowed them to attain appropriate weight and size for consumption in...

feed resources availability at cheap and affordable prices for livestock consumption are major factors determining capability of livestock production to supply products for increasing urban and cities consumers in nigeria. to take advantages of the high demand in urban areas, livestock producers on extensive pastoralism are moving closer to cities and urban communities such as abuja the nigeria...