Boost barley-based-diet fed broiler performance by using an enzyme
Take Home Message: Use B-xylanase enzymes in barley-based diets to improve the performance of broilers to similar levels as birds fed wheat-based diets.
Enzymes have the potential to improve the utilisation of barley-based diets – increasing bird performance and reducing the cost of broiler production.
GM oil improves the nutritional value of chicken
Take Home Message: Feeding broilers stearidonic acid increases levels of ‘healthy’ fats and reduces “taints” compared to feeding fish oil.
Feeding broilers stearidonic acid produced meat with nutritionally significant concentrations of LC n-3 PUFA while reducing the taint detected when birds were fed fish oil.
Medicinal plants and organic acid – a viable alternative to antibiotic growth promoters
Take Home Message: Broiler growth and feed conversion efficiency are improved when medicinal plants or organic acids are added to the diet, although inclusion rates above 450g/t may be required to produce the same result as in-feed antibiotics.
Supplementing Ross broilers with antibiotics, medicinal plants or organic acids significantly improved body weight, average daily gain and feed:gain ratio during the first 42 days, compared to birds fed an unsupplemented ration.
Fermented liquid or acidified feed can help to improve Salmonella status of chickens
Take Home Message: To reduce the number of Salmonella-shedding chickens feed acidified feed or fermented liquid feed containing lactobacillus.
The proportion of S. typhimurium-shedding chickens was decreased significantly in both chickens fed fermented liquid feed and acidified feed. Some positive news for all poultry producers from the University of Plymouth’s Soumela Savvidou.
Enzymes could be beneficial when feeding rapeseed meal in broiler rations
Take Home Message: For broilers fed diets high in rapeseed meal, include enzymes to enhance performance
Non-starch polysaccharide (NSP)-degrading and phytase enzymes incorporated in rapeseed meal based broiler diet could be beneficial. That was the finding of a trail, carried out by Iranian scientists, which was presented to delegates at the British Society of Animal Science’s annual conference.