Chrystal, P V

Selle, P H

Moss, A F

Yin, D

Khoddami, A

Naranjo, V D

Liu, S Y

2019

Broiler chickens aged from 14 to 35 days post-hatch were offered iso-energetic diets formulated to crude protein levels of 200, 188, 172 and 156 g/kg. These diets were formulated to a constant dietary electrolyte balance of 230 mEq/kg. An additional fifth diet was formulated to contain 156 g/kg crude protein and a dietary electrolyte balance of 120 mEq/kg. FCR linearly increased from 1.495 to 1.625 as dietary CP declined. In addition, relative fat-pad weights also increased in a linear fashion from 7.26 to 12.30 g/kg of body weight and water to feed intake ratios declined from 2.15 to 1.85. At the lowest crude protein level of 156 g/kg, there were no differences in any of the performance parameters measured when dietary electrolyte balance was reduced and these findings are discussed.

Proceedings of the Australian Poultry Science Symposium, v.30, p. 25-28

1034-6260

1034-3466

https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/27260

en

University of Sydney, Poultry Research Foundation

The Impact of Dietary Electrolyte Balance on Male Broiler Performance Offered Reduced Crude Protein Diets

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