Author(s) |
Moss, Amy F
Chrystal, P V
Dersjant-Li, Y
Liu, S Y
Selle, P H
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Publication Date |
2019-07-04
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Abstract |
<p>1.The objective of the present study was to rank the importance of the following dietary factors; canola meal, wheat, whole barley, digestible lysine, phytate-P, calcium, available P, sodium and three NSP-degrading feed enzymes. Their influence on growth performance, gastro-intestinal tract parameters, energy utilisation, ileal N digestibility and disappearance rates were determined via the Plackett-Burman design in broiler chickens offered phytase-supplemented diets.
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2. The eleven dietary factors were assigned two levels in the Plackett-Burman design matrix. The resulting twelve dietary treatments were offered to six replicates per treatment (six birds per cage) with a total of 468 male Ross 308 broiler chicks from 7 to 28 d post-hatch.
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3. Increasing digestible lysine levels improved weight gain by 15.6% (P < 0.001) and gain:feed by 9.36% (P < 0.001). Increasing calcium levels reduced weight gain by 6.36% (P < 0.001) and gain:feed by 2.60% (P < 0.001). The high calcium level increased gizzard pH from 2.78 to 3.01 (P < 0.005). Whole barley significantly increased relative gizzard weights and contents, pancreas weights and both ileal N digestibility coefficients (0.774 versus 0.803; P < 0.001) and ileal N disappearance rates (23. 3 versus 24.5 g/bird/day; P < 0.001).
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4. Overall, digestible lysine level and calcium level were identified as the most influential dietary factors to influence growth performance of broilers offered phytase-supplemented diets, which hold implications for practical diet formulations.</p>
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Citation |
British Poultry Science, 60(4), p. 439-448
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ISBN |
14661799 00071668
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ISSN |
1466-1799
0007-1668
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Pubmed ID |
30966791
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Publisher |
Taylor & Francis
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Title |
The ranked importance of dietary factors influencing the performance of broiler chickens offered phytase-supplemented diets by the Plackett-Burman screening design
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Type of document |
Journal Article
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Entity Type |
Publication
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