Fermented but Not Irradiated Cottonseed Meal Has the Potential to Partially Substitute Soybean Meal in Broiler Chickens

This study was conducted to investigate and compare the effects of substituting soybean meal (SBM) with untreated cottonseed meal (CSM), fermented CSM (FCSM), or electron beam-irradiated CSM (ICSM) on the growth performance, cecal microbiota, digestive enzyme activity, apparent ileal digestibility (...

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Main Authors: Amin Ashayerizadeh, Vahid Jazi, Fatemeh Sharifi, Majid Toghyani, Hossein Mohebodini, In Ho Kim, Eugeni Roura
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2024-09-01
Series:Animals
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/14/19/2797