Low-ME wheat or low-ME chickens? - Highly variable responses by birds on the same low-ME wheat diet

Title
Low-ME wheat or low-ME chickens? - Highly variable responses by birds on the same low-ME wheat diet
Publication Date
1997
Author(s)
Hughes, R J
Choct, Mingan
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2242-8222
Email: mchoct@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:mchoct
Editor
Editor(s): D Balnave, EF Annison, WL Bryden, DJ Farrell, DR Fraser, R J Johnson, S Prowse, RAE Pym, BL Sheldon
Type of document
Conference Publication
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
University of Sydney
Place of publication
Sydney, Australia
UNE publication id
une:17699
Abstract
The "low-ME" wheat phenomenon is not entirely dependent on the physico-chemical nature of wheat. It is a multi-faceted problem closely linked with the individuality of the digestive physiology of broiler chickens given diets containing high levels of arabinoxylans from wheat. Commercial glycanases offer an immediate solution to the problem. However, more effort should be put into obtaining a clearer understanding of the "low-ME" problem, particularly as to why some birds in the same flock are not affected to anywhere near the same extent as others in terms of poor nutrient digestibility and excessive output of wet, sticky excreta.
Link
Citation
Proceedings of the Australian Poultry Science Symposium, v.9, p. 138-141
ISSN
1034-6260
1034-3466
Start page
138
End page
141

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