This experiment was conducted to evaluate the effects of saturated and unsaturated fats in starter and grower feeds on performance and carcass parts of broilers. In this experiment 288 day old broiler chicks (Ross308 strain) were used in a completely randomized design for 42 days with 8 treatments in 3 replicates and 12 chicks in each replicate. The experimental groups included: T1) control gro...

an experiment was conducted on broiler chickens to study the effects of conjugated linoleic acid (cla), fish oil, both at 7% of the diet, or their mixtures at 3.5% of the diet, on the performance, carcass traits and intestinal morphology of broiler chickens. the chicks fed with 7% fish oil or 7% cla diets, were found to have an inferior weight gain in grower and finisher phases, respectively. a...

The objective of this study was to determine the possibility of replacing soybean meal (SBM) in finisher pig diets completely with hydrolyzed feather meal (FM). Forty-five gilts and 45 castrated males (57.8+/-0.8 kg of BW; 3 gilts or 3 castrated males/pen) were randomly assigned to 5 finisher-1 diets with 6 pens per diet. At an average pen BW of 81.0+/-1.4 kg, pigs were offered finisher-2 diets...

This study was conducted to measure the effects of slurry application method, swine growth stage, and flow rate on runoff nutrient transport. Swine slurry was obtained from production units containing grower pigs, finisher pigs, or sows and gilts. The swine slurry was applied using broadcast, disk, or injection methods at a rate required to meet annual nitrogen requirements for corn. Three 30 m...

This experiment was conducted to evaluate the effects of different levels of dried lemon pulp (DLP) on performance, carcass traits, blood biochemical and immunity parameters of broilers. In this experiment 240 of broilers (Ross-308) were used in a completely randomized design with 4 treatments and 3 replicates (with 20 birds in each replicate) from 1 to 42 days. Experimental diets included: 1) ...

The objective of this study was to examine main and interactive effects of nutrient density (ND), feed form (FF; mash, pellet), and lighting program (12L:12D, 20L:4D) on production characteristics and meat yield of broilers raised to 35 d of age. Diets (starter, grower, and finisher) were formulated so that amino acid levels were in proportion to the dietary energy level. Lighting programs were...

this experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of physical feed form on performance and nutritional behaviors in broilers. this experiment was done in a completely randomized design with several observational with 3 treatments and 5 replicate. dietary treatments included off of pellet form, crumble and mash form with similar components for 3 periods starter (0-10 days), grower (11-24 days...

Two experiments were conducted to determine physical and chemical properties of vermicelli waste (VW) and effect of VW inclusion levels on growth performance of broilers. In experiment 1, VW samples were randomly collected from vermicelli industry in Thailand to analyze nutritional composition. Vermicelli waste contained 9.96% moisture, 12.06% CP, 32.30% crude fiber (CF), and 0.57% ether extrac...

an experiment was conducted with two hundred and twenty day-old male broiler chicks (ross 308) in five groups to investigate the effects of different levels of 0, 0.2, 0.4 and 0.6% thyme extract in drinking water (including 27.4 mg sodium nitrate per liter) on broiler performance and antioxidantstatus and blood gas indices. no significant differences were observed between the treatments for bod...

The mode of action of essential oils (EO) as growth promoters is not fully understood. One experiment was conducted to evaluate the effects of EO concentration and grain type on broiler intestinal traits. Corn (C) and wheat (W) based basal diets were formulated to have similar nutrient composition within each dietary phase. The EO containing benzoic acid (Crina Poultry Plus) was added to each b...