Increasing quantities of maize distiller’s dried grains with solubles (DDGS) are being produced in the USA, and the nutritional value of “new generation” DDGS for pigs is much improved compared to traditional DDGS sources in the dry mill ethanol industry. Results from recent studies indicate that “new generation” DDGS is higher in digestible and metabolizable energy, apparent digestible amino a...

The haematological and serum biochemical responses of broilers fed indomie waste-based diets (IWBD) were investigated using one hundred and ninety (180) day-old broiler chicks of Anak strain. The chicks were randomly allotted to the different dietary treatments having graded levels of the IWBD in a Completely Randomized Design (CRD). Each treatment contained 3 replicates and each replicate had ...

Bacillus subtilis ANSB060 isolated from fish gut is very effective in detoxifying aflatoxins in feed and feed ingredients. The purpose of this research was to investigate the effects of B. subtilis ANSB060 on growth performance, body antioxidant functions, and aflatoxin residues in ducks fed moldy maize naturally contaminated with aflatoxins. A total of 1500 18-d-old male Cherry Valley ducks wi...

he response of Isa Brown laying hens during 77–85 weeks age to peeled unfermented cassava root meal (CRM) as total substitute for maize in diet was examined. Eighty (80) were assigned four dietary treatment groups (T1,T2,T3 and T4) a completely randomized design. The control (CD) contained 40% while the proportion CD replaced with 100, 110 120% CRM amounting 40, 44 48% T2, T3, T4 respectively. ...

Diagnosing a shift to a maize-dominant diet, on the basis of recognition of high population frequencies of porotic hyperostosis, has unfortunately entered the “collective consciousness” of anthropology—because of the mythology that iron deficiency is a common cause of that phenomenon. Skull changes in patients with all forms (both primary and secondary) of iron deficiency are actually extremely...

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of hydrolysed cassava peel inclusion as a replacement for maize in broiler chicken feedstuff on the histology of the internal organs of broiler chickens. Thirty six, two weeks old unsexed broiler chickens were used for the study in a feeding trial of forty two days. The chickens were randomly allocated to six dietary treatments A - F using ...

Total replacement of normal maize with quality protein maize (QPM) in young mithun (Bos frontalis) diet had no significant (p ¿0.5) effect on antibody response against Salmonella enterica ssp. enterica ser Typhimurium (S. Typhimurium). Therefore it may be recommended that there is no added advantage of feeding QPM to mithun and probably to other ruminants with reference to immune response.

Broiler chickens were fed on a control diet based on maize and maize starch or diets containing chitin, or 94, 82 or 76% deacetylated chitin (chitosans) with different viscosities (360, 590 and 620 m Pa.s respectively) at an inclusion level of 30 g/kg. Animals had free access to feed and water for the whole experimental period. On days 10 and 18 of the experiment chickens given the control and ...