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Title: | A meta-analysis of whole grain feeding and the possible mechanisms driving responses other than heavier gizzard weights | Contributor(s): | Moss, A (author) ; Truong, H (author); Liu, S (author); Selle, P (author) | Publication Date: | 2019 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/29232 | Abstract: | Whole grain feeding (WGF) is widely adopted in countries where wheat is the dominant feed grain to reduce feed manufacturing costs, improve gut integrity, feed conversion ratio (FCR), apparent metabolisable energy (AME) and litter quality. However, responses of broilers to WGF is variable due to the range of methodologies adopted in WGF studies. Therefore, a meta-analysis was conducted to determine the effect of pre- and post-pellet WGF on relative gizzard weights and contents, FCR and AME of broiler chickens. The database consisted of 42 papers after applying selection criteria. Data were analysed by General Linear Model procedures using JMP Pro I3 and experiment identifiers included in models as a co-variate. Post-pellet WGF increased gizzard weights by 32% {16.78 versus 12.67 g/bird; P < 0.001) and gizzard contents by 31 % (7.17 versus 5.48 g/bird; P < 0.001) compared to the control. Overall, relative gizzard weights were not related to FCR. However, FCR was linearly related to gizzard contents, and was more indicative of performance than gizzard weights. Pre- and post-pellet WGF tended to generate more efficient FCR (1.671 and 1.672, respectively) compared to the control (1.695). Additionally, the highest AME was achieved by birds offered pre-pellet WGF, significantly increasing AME by 0.41 MJ (13.63 versus 13.22 MJ/kg DM) compared to the control. Thus, pre-pellet WGF increased energy utilisation and tended to improve FCR without a robust gizzard response. These performance responses may be driven by increases in slowly digestible starch (Moss et al., 2017). Therefore, generating performance responses under WGF regimes is more complex than simply heavier gizzard weights, and is likely influenced by starch and protein digestive dynamics. | Publication Type: | Conference Publication | Conference Details: | ESPN 2019: 22nd European Symposium on Poultry Nutrition, Gdansk, Poland, 10th - 13th June, 2019 | Source of Publication: | 109th Annual Meeting of the 22nd European Symposium on Poultry Nutrition, p. 264-264 | Publisher: | World's Poultry Science Association (WPSA) | Place of Publication: | Beekbergen, Netherlands | Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 070204 Animal Nutrition | Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: | 300303 Animal nutrition | Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 830503 Live Animals | Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: | 100699 Primary products from animals not elsewhere classified | Peer Reviewed: | Yes | HERDC Category Description: | E3 Extract of Scholarly Conference Publication | Publisher/associated links: | https://poultryscience.org/files/galleries/2020-PSA-Abstracts.pdf | WorldCat record: | http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1130784630 |
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