Date Available
7-29-2019
Year of Publication
2019
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Document Type
Master's Thesis
College
Agriculture, Food and Environment
Department/School/Program
Animal and Food Sciences
First Advisor
Dr. Sunday A. Adedokun
Abstract
Feed accounts for the highest cost associated in poultry production, with energy-containing feedstuffs being the most expensive portion of the cost of feeding. The increasing demand for poultry meat gives reason to determine accurate apparent metabolizable energy (AME) values for various feedstuff through measuring energy utilization in the birds. The adaptation length of birds fed an experimental diet may affect the determined AME value due to the diet matrix and physiochemical properties of the feedstuff. Therefore, the objective of this thesis was to evaluate a select group of energy-containing feedstuff with different diets and with factors such as coccidia challenge and exogenous enzyme supplementation that may influence the determined AME values in broiler chickens.
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.13023/etd.2019.319
Recommended Citation
Dunaway, Andrew E., "METABOLIZABLE ENERGY DETERMINATION IN BROILER CHICKENS" (2019). Theses and Dissertations--Animal and Food Sciences. 105.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/animalsci_etds/105
