Four assays were carried out to determine the apparent metabolizable energy (AME) and nitrogen corrected apparent metabolizable energy (AMEn) of ten feedstuffs of vegetable origin for poultry at different ages. The chemical composition of the ten feedstuffs was also determined: 45% soybean meal, 48% soybean meal, extruded full-fat soybean, deactivated full-fat soybean, micronized full-fat soybean, deactivated soybean meal, soybean protein concentrate, corn gluten meal 21%, corn germ and broken rice. The method of total excreta collection was used and a […]

The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of different poultry house heating systems on the thermal comfort and performance of broiler chicks during the winter period, in the southern region of Brazil. Three buildings were used, each containing 17,700 broiler chickens (Cobb), during two complete productive cycles. Three heating systems were evaluated: furnace with indirect air heating; infrared heater and radiant experimental “drum” system with an infrared supplemental heating system. In order to evaluate the thermal environment and […]

Four hundred and twenty one day-old broilers, Cobb 500, were randomly allotted to 15 treatments with four replications (7 chicks/pen) in a 21-day battery trial to assess the relative availability of phosphorus (RBP) from three feeds with two different genetic characteristics (low phytic phosphorus or conventional). One semi-purified basal diet based on corn starch and soybean meal with the addition of conventional barley, barley with low phytate phosphorus, conventional corn, corn with low phytate phosphorus, conventional soybean meal, soybean meal […]

The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of two sources of methionine, DL-Methionine (DLM – 99%) and Methionine Hydroxy Analogue Free Acid (MHA-FA – 88%), at three different levels of supplementation of this amino acids in commercial diets on the performance of broiler chickens. A total of 1.232 commercial Ross broilers was used, from 01 to 47 days of age, and allotted to a complete randomized design in a 2 X 3 factorial (source methionine X supplementation […]

This experiment was carried out to determine of the values of apparent metabolizable energy (AME) and nitrogen corrected apparent metabolizable energy (AMEn) and to determine of the chemical composition of some feeds. The traditional method of total excreta collection was used with male broilers chickens in the period from 21 to 30 days old and 41 to 50 days old. The birds were distributed to a completely randomized experimental design, with eleven diets, ten with tested feeds and one reference […]

An experiment was carried out to determine the apparent metabolizable energy (AME), apparent metabolizable energy corrected for nitrogen balance (AMEn) and chemical composition of bravo bean hay (HBB), jureminha hay (HJ) and maniçoba hay (HM) for use in birds feeding. Two hundred and eighty, 17 days old broiler chicks were distributed according to a completely randomized design, into seven treatments organized in a factorial arrangement 3 x 2 + 1 (three hay types x two levels of substitution of the […]

The effect of supplementation of acidifiers in diets for broiler chicks on performance na intestinal morphology was valuated. A total of 2,112 birds was allocated to eight diets, with six replicates, constituted by the addition of antibiotics or acidifiers blenders according to the phase development (from 1 to 7, from 8 to 21 and from 22 to 35 days old), in different composition: control – positive = bacitracin methylene disalicylate (BMD – 55 ppm) + colistin (10 ppm); control-negative = […]

The traditional method of total collection was used to determine the values of apparent metabolizable energy (AME), corrected apparent energy (AMEn), true metabolizable energy (TME) and corrected true energy (TMEn) of eleven feedstuffs and the respective coefficients of metabolizability of GE. The feedstuffs were as follows: three samples of poultry by-product (PBP), three of feather meal (FM), two of meat and bone meal (MBM), two of swine viscera meal (SVM) and one of viscera and feather meal (VFM) of different […]

This experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of multienzymatic complex (MC) addition in diets with different types of extruded soybeans on the energy values and nutrient digestibility coefficients for broiler chicks. A total of 288 Avian Farms males broiler chicks averaging eight days old was allotted to a 3 x 2 factorial arrangement (under, standard and over processed extruded full fat soybean-based diets with and without MC, in a total of six treatments with eight replicates and six birds […]

An experiment was conducted with male broiler chicks to study the effects of 20 and 23% of crude protein (CP) combined with 0, 50, 100, 150, 200, 250 mEq/kg of dietary electrolytic balance (DEB) on the pancreatic a-amylase activity from 1 to 21 days. A completely randomized factorial design was used. Feed and water were supplied ad libitum. At days 1, 7, 14 and 21, three birds from each treatment were sacrificed by cervical dislocation, pancreas were removed, homogeneized and […]