Nutrient density of prestarter diets from one to ten days of age affects intestinal morphometry, enzyme activity, serum indices and performance of broiler chickens

A total of 480 day-old Cobb 500 broilers were used to investigate the effects of different levels of digestible amino acids (DAA; 100%, 107% and 114% of Cobb recommendations) and ME (3,000 or 2,900 kcal/kg) of prestarter diet on mixed sex broilers performance, enzyme activity, small intestine morpho...

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Main Authors: Ficinine V. Ivanovich, Ocmanyan A. Karlovich, Reza Mahdavi, Egorov I. Afanasyevich
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. 2017-09-01
Series:Animal Nutrition
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405654517300422