Effects of dietary energy and protein dilution and time of feed replacement from starter to grower on broiler chickens performance

An experiment was conducted to study the effects of dietary energy and protein dilution and time of feed replacement from starter to grower on performance of broilers with a 2×3 factorial arrangement in a completely randomized design with 480 day-old broilers from 1-42 day of age. Experimental treat...

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Main Authors: Behrooz AZIZI, Ghorbanali SADEGHI, Ahmad Karimi, Fakhradin ABED
Format: Article
Language:Bulgarian
Published: University of Zagreb, Faculty of Agriculture 2011-07-01
Series:Journal of Central European Agriculture
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Online Access:http://jcea.agr.hr/articles/74928_Effects_of_dietary_energy_and_protein_dilution_and_time_of_feed_replacement_from_starter_to_grower_on_broiler_chickens_performa_en.pdf
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author Behrooz AZIZI
Ghorbanali SADEGHI
Ahmad Karimi,
Fakhradin ABED
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Ghorbanali SADEGHI
Ahmad Karimi,
Fakhradin ABED
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description An experiment was conducted to study the effects of dietary energy and protein dilution and time of feed replacement from starter to grower on performance of broilers with a 2×3 factorial arrangement in a completely randomized design with 480 day-old broilers from 1-42 day of age. Experimental treatments were 5% energy and protein diluted diets and starter diet was fed to 7, 14 or 21 days and finisher diet was fed beginning at 35 days. Grower diet was fed for variable times depending upon termination of feeding starter diet and initiation of finisher diet. Dilution of both energy and protein had no (P>0.05) significant effect on chicks performance, but significantly (P<0.05) increased breast meat yield. Reduction the time of feeding starter diet did not show any significant effects on bird's performance. From 1-42 days of age, the interaction between dilution of both energy and protein and changing time from starter to grower diets on body weight and feed intake was not significant(P<0.05). The results from this study suggest that diluting of both energy and protein up to 5% from 1-42 days of age and decreasing the time of starter diet had no adverse effect on broiler chickens performance and it may be beneficial economically.
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spelling doaj.art-d5f58f57b163460399ae6cf5cdf4743e2022-12-21T19:03:20ZbulUniversity of Zagreb, Faculty of AgricultureJournal of Central European Agriculture1332-90492011-07-01121445210.5513/JCEA01/12.1.879Effects of dietary energy and protein dilution and time of feed replacement from starter to grower on broiler chickens performanceBehrooz AZIZIGhorbanali SADEGHIAhmad Karimi,Fakhradin ABEDAn experiment was conducted to study the effects of dietary energy and protein dilution and time of feed replacement from starter to grower on performance of broilers with a 2×3 factorial arrangement in a completely randomized design with 480 day-old broilers from 1-42 day of age. Experimental treatments were 5% energy and protein diluted diets and starter diet was fed to 7, 14 or 21 days and finisher diet was fed beginning at 35 days. Grower diet was fed for variable times depending upon termination of feeding starter diet and initiation of finisher diet. Dilution of both energy and protein had no (P>0.05) significant effect on chicks performance, but significantly (P<0.05) increased breast meat yield. Reduction the time of feeding starter diet did not show any significant effects on bird's performance. From 1-42 days of age, the interaction between dilution of both energy and protein and changing time from starter to grower diets on body weight and feed intake was not significant(P<0.05). The results from this study suggest that diluting of both energy and protein up to 5% from 1-42 days of age and decreasing the time of starter diet had no adverse effect on broiler chickens performance and it may be beneficial economically.http://jcea.agr.hr/articles/74928_Effects_of_dietary_energy_and_protein_dilution_and_time_of_feed_replacement_from_starter_to_grower_on_broiler_chickens_performa_en.pdfenergyproteindilutionbroilerstartergrower
spellingShingle Behrooz AZIZI
Ghorbanali SADEGHI
Ahmad Karimi,
Fakhradin ABED
Effects of dietary energy and protein dilution and time of feed replacement from starter to grower on broiler chickens performance
Journal of Central European Agriculture
energy
protein
dilution
broiler
starter
grower
title Effects of dietary energy and protein dilution and time of feed replacement from starter to grower on broiler chickens performance
title_full Effects of dietary energy and protein dilution and time of feed replacement from starter to grower on broiler chickens performance
title_fullStr Effects of dietary energy and protein dilution and time of feed replacement from starter to grower on broiler chickens performance
title_full_unstemmed Effects of dietary energy and protein dilution and time of feed replacement from starter to grower on broiler chickens performance
title_short Effects of dietary energy and protein dilution and time of feed replacement from starter to grower on broiler chickens performance
title_sort effects of dietary energy and protein dilution and time of feed replacement from starter to grower on broiler chickens performance
topic energy
protein
dilution
broiler
starter
grower
url http://jcea.agr.hr/articles/74928_Effects_of_dietary_energy_and_protein_dilution_and_time_of_feed_replacement_from_starter_to_grower_on_broiler_chickens_performa_en.pdf
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