This study was designed to investigate the effects of different levels of Tarragon powder on performance and carcass’ characteristics of broiler chickens. 200 one-day-old Ross 308 male broiler chickens in a completely randomized design with 4 treatments and 5 replicates per treatment and 10 birds in each replicate were used. Experimental diets were set on the basis of corn-soy-wheat and Ross 30...

One hundred ninety-two steers were fed cottonseed meal, soybean meal or urea supplemented rations in which the corn grain was fed whole (with 5 percent corn silage) or in the high moisture or steam flaked form (with 14 percent corn silage dry matter added). Rates of gain and feed efficiencies were approximately equal for steers fed soybean meal and cottonseed meal and slightly superior to those...

The study was conducted to determine the effect of dietary energy on milk yield and its composition under the influence of bovine somatotropic (bST) hormone in Nili Ravi buffaloes. Multiparous buffaloes (n=12) at mid lactation and similar level of production were selected and randomly divided into three groups (A, B and C) with four animals in each group in a completely randomized design. All t...

In a small, 12 ha, mesotropic lake, roach Rutilus rutilus performed diel habitat shifts that clearly influenced the composition of their diet. During daytime, roach stayed in the littoral zone and concentrated on littoral prey. At night they were found in the pelagic zone, and pelagic prey items such as Daphnia spp. or Chaoborus flavicans dominated their food. On a seasonal scale, there were sh...

High Zn and Cu fecal concentrations impact the environment. Zn and Cu reductions in feed have compromised swine performance. Substituting amino acid chelated (AAC) sources for traditionally employed inorganic salts (IM) may overcome environmental and swine performance problems. A preliminary study demonstrated less 65Zn was deposited in rat feces due to greater AAC absorption compared to IM (P ...

Two hunared day old broiler chicks were alloted to five treatment groups evaluate the effect of whole soyabean and fish meal supplementation on productivity experimental birds. Feed consump­tion weight gains similar diets 1 -and 3, while feed efficiency protein ratio better (P<0.05) cooked diet 3 as compared groundnut cake based (control) ration. Fish also unproved performance. The raw gave ...

An important issue of food supply for servicemen with individual needs is the adjustment diets through use protein, vitamin and mineral components which are functional ingredients such food, primarily flour based, products as: bread, bakery confectionery (cookies, crackers, gingerbread), fruit nut energy bars, “Granola” breakfast cereals. The priority task to increase nutritional biological val...

Methods of housing and managing the milk-fed dairy calf have changed considerably in recent years. We review key developments and how these affect calf welfare. Limit feeding of milk is recognized as both a welfare and production risk. Conventional limit feeding methods (i.e. approximately 10% BW/d) result in signs of chronic hunger, abnormal behavior, poor weight gains and poorer lifetime perf...

Voluntary Feed Intake (VFI) and Average Daily Gain (ADG) of three rabbit breeds fed on pigeon pea (PP), cowpea (CoP) soybean (SB) as sources protein for growing rabbits were determined. Flemish Giant (FG), California Black (CB) New Zealand White (NZW)) (Glycine max), (Cajunus cajan) (Vigna unguiculata) in the ration. Eighteen weaned at six weeks age used each breed (a total 54 rabbits) out whic...