ABSTRACT This experiment was conducted to evaluate the effects of dietary protein and net energy (NE) levels on growth performance, nutrient digestibility, nitrogen metabolism, and faecal microbiota of growing-finishing pigs. Eighteen crossed barrows were randomly allocated into one of three dietary treatments: high protein + high NE diet, low protein + high NE diet, and low protein + low NE diet. The whole experiment lasted 90 days and was divided into three phases (phase I: 25-50 kg; phase II: 50-75 […]

Seventy five pigs [(Landrace × Yorkshire) × Duroc] with an initial body weight of 23.3±1.40 kg were used in the present study to investigate the influence of supplementation of a Bacillus spp. combination as probiotic (0%, 0.01%, and 0.02% with basal diet) in growing-finishing pig diets on performance parameters with a feeding trial period of 16 weeks. Growth performance was analyzed at the start and at weeks 6, 12, and 16 of the experimental period. The entire experiment using probiotic […]

This work aimed to investigate the effect of broilers age in the digestibility of nutrients in extruded and toasted full fat soybean (EFFS and TFFS) and soybean meal plus oil (SMO), and in the production of digestive pancreatic enzymes. Five digestibility assays were carried out with broilers of one, two, three, four , and six weeks of age. Total collected excreta methodology was applied. The activities of amylase and pancreatic trypsin enzymes increased linearly with the broilers age, as well […]

One experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of microbial enzymes, phytase, on the performance of the birds and on the digestibility coefficient of dry mater (DM), crude protein (CP), phosphorus (P) and calcium (Ca) and the values of apparent ileal digestible of energy (AIDe) and nitrogen corrected apparent metabolizable energy (AMEn). A total of 384 Avian Farm male broiler chicks, 10 days old, during 14 d-trial were used in a factorial arrangement of 2 x 3, with eight replicates, […]