BACKGROUND Physical and chemical properties of feedstuffs can be changed by feed processing. Moreover, through various mechanisms, feed processing can affect growth performance and feed efficiency of swine, nutrition value of the feed. Weaning-to service-intervals (WSI), subsequent farrowing rates, and total-born litter sizes were determined by feed intake and metabolic state during lactation. ...

This study was conducted to evaluate the effects of feeding mash versus pellet with different thermal process on blood metabolites, carcass characteristics and broiler performance. 192 (one-day) Cobb broiler chicks were used in a completely randomized design with 4 experimental groups (diets) and 4 replicates of ten chicks each (totally 16 pens). The experimental treatment groups consisted of m...

This study was conducted to evaluate the effects of feeding mash versus pellet with different thermal process on blood metabolites, carcass characteristics and broiler performance. 192 (one-day) Cobb broiler chicks were used in a completely randomized design with 4 experimental groups (diets) and 4 replicates of ten chicks each (totally 16 pens). The experimental treatment groups consisted of m...

Traditional supplemental dietary phytase loses activity during steam pelleting. The thermal tolerance and bioefficacy of a phytase product with a thermoprotective coating [coated phytase (C-phytase)] was compared in mash and pelleted diets to a traditional, uncoated phytase (U-phytase) added to a negative control (NC) diet, formulated with reduced dietary Ca and P, and compared with a corn-soyb...

Two hundred and forty male Cobb broilers were used to study the reasons of causing ascites. The results showed that cold ambient temperature could induce ascites (33.89% vs. 2.50%) and significantly increase triiodothyronine (T3), but reduce thyroxine (T4) concentrations in plasma (p<0.05). The ascitic broilers had high concentrations of aldosterone and K , but low concentrations of T3 and T4 i...

This research was conducted to measure the exterior characteristics in four hybrids of broilers fed pelleted and commercial mash feed. A total 112 one-day-old chicks from broiler hybrids, namely, Arbor Acre, Cobb 500, Marshall, Ross 308 were used for this experimentation allocated into treatments with 28 birds each hybrid replicated times 7 per replicate a 2 × 4 factorial experiment. Pelleted m...

Experiment 1 consisted in the genetic selection of two divergent lines D+ and Don the basis of AMEn value measured at 3 weeks of age with birds being fed a wheat diet, using the wheat Rialto cultivar characterised by a high in-vitro viscosity value. Significant difference (3413 J/g DM; P< 0.0001) in AMEn between lines reached 29 % on 4 generation. From the experiment 2 consisting in the test of...

A total of 144 single comb ‘Forsgate’ strain white leghorn (SCWL) pullets 27 weeks age, belonging to the same hatch, and uniform body size were randomized into 24 groups 6 hens each in a 2 × 3 factorial design consisting two types layer feeds namely, standard mash (control) functional diet (designer egg mash-DELM); with three levels basil leaf meal (BLM) i.e. 0, 1 g/kg levels, viz. T1 T6. Four ...

During a 125-d experimental period, 24 Afshari × Kurdish male lambs initially weighing 25.2 ± 1.2 kg were grouped by BW and randomly assigned to treatments under a completely randomized design with a 2 × 2 factorial arrangement of treatments to evaluate the effects of feeding recycled poultry bedding (RPB; 0 and 200 g/kg DM) and the physical form of the diet (mash and block) on nutrient intake ...