Feed Hygiene and Meat Safety of Cattle Fed Processed Rice Hulls-bedded Broiler Litter

Feeding Broiler Litter to Beef Cattle

an annual rate of 7 percent since 1986 with 371 million broilers produced in 1994. Broiler litter (mixture of poultry excreta, bedding material, wasted feed and feathers) is usually removed from the poultry houses on an annual basis. Because of its high nutrient content, poultry litter is usually applied to agricultural land as fertilizer with an economic value of $20 to $30/ton. Broiler litter...

Effect of processed fish wastes supplementation on blood biochemical and meat composition of broiler chicken

The experiment was conducted on forty five broiler chickens at 4 weeks of age, for a period of threeweeks, to assess the effect of complete replacement of fish meal with processed fish wastes (fish waste acidsilage and surimi waste powder) on the blood protein, lipid and antioxidant status in broiler chicken, eventhough an earlier study indicated that this replacement induced normal growth rate...

Broiler-house litter as feedstuff for cattle in khuzestan

کاربرد پوسته برنج به‌عنوان یک منبع فیبر نامحلول در جیره جوجه‌های گوشتی

The experiment was carried out using 200 Ross 308 broiler chickens in a completely randomized design with 5 treatment and 4 replicates. The experimental diets were consisted of a control free hulls diet and four diets containing 0.75 or 1.5 percent rice hulls with particle sizes of less than 1 mm or between 1-2 mm.  The performance traits were determined through 42 d experimental period and car...

Growth performance, intestinal microflora, and meat quality of broiler chickens fed lavender (Lavandula angustifolia) powder

The aim of the current study was to evaluate the effects of lavender (Lavandula angustifolia) powder as an herbal feed additive on growth performance, carcass traits, meat quality, jejunal histomorphology, and ileal microbial population in broiler chickens. A total of two hundred twenty one day-old male broiler chicks were used in a completely randomized design with five treatments and four rep...