Growth Performance, Organ Weights and Some Blood Parameters of Replacement Laying Pullets Fed with Increasing Levels of Wheat Bran
| Autor: | César Betancur, M. Valdivié, Yordan Martínez, C. Olmo, Y Carrión, Naif Abdullah Al-Dhabi, V. Duraipandiyan, Gang Liu, R. Rodríguez |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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blood parameter
Growth performance chemistry.chemical_element Hemoglobin levels Biology Hematocrit Body weight chemistry.chemical_compound lcsh:Zoology medicine lcsh:QL1-991 Food science Completely randomized design lcsh:SF1-1100 lcsh:Veterinary medicine Bran medicine.diagnostic_test pullet Cholesterol Phosphorus food and beverages chemistry organ weight lcsh:SF600-1100 Animal Science and Zoology lcsh:Animal culture Blood parameters wheat bran |
| Zdroj: | Revista Brasileira de Ciência Avícola, Volume: 17, Issue: 3, Pages: 347-354, Published: SEP 2015 Brazilian Journal of Poultry Science, Vol 17, Iss 3, Pp 347-354 (2015) Brazilian Journal of Poultry Science v.17 n.3 2015 Brazilian Journal of Poultry Science Fundação APINCO de Ciência e Tecnologia Avícolas (FACTA) instacron:FACTA |
| ISSN: | 1516-635X |
| DOI: | 10.1590/1516-635x1703347-354 |
| Popis: | This study was conducted to determine the growth performance, organ weights, and selected blood parameters of replacement laying pullets (development phase) fed increasing levels of wheat bran (WB). A total of 240 70-d-old White Leghorn pullets (Hybrid L33) were evaluated for seven weeks. Birds were assigned to three dietary treatments according to a completely randomized design. Treatments consisted of diets containing 100 (T1), 150 (T2), or 200 g/kg (T3) of WB in partial replacement of corn, with 10 replicates per treatment of eight birds per replicate. Birds fed T2 presented higher body weight (p0.05). Serum concentration of triacylglycerols, cholesterol, calcium, phosphorus, hematocrit, or hemoglobin levels were not significantly different (p>0.05) among treatments. These findings indicate a beneficial effect of use of 150 g/kg of wheat bran on the growth performance of pullets during the development phase; however, the inclusion of this cereal up to 200 g/kg had no effect on organ weights and blood parameters. |
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