Poultry feed metabolizable energy determination using total or partial excreta collection methods
Carregando...
Data
2010-06-01
Autores
Dourado, LRB [UNESP]
Siqueira, JC [UNESP]
Sakomura, NK [UNESP]
Pinheiro, SRF [UNESP]
Marcato, SM
Fernandes, JBK [UNESP]
Silva, JHV [UNESP]
Título da Revista
ISSN da Revista
Título de Volume
Editor
Fundação APINCO de Ciência e Tecnologia Avícolas
Resumo
The aim of this work was to compare the efficiency of total (TC) or partial (PC) collection excreta methods to determine metabolizable energy in poultry feeds. A number of 180 12- to 21-day-old broilers were distributed into two treatments of six replicates of 10 birds each. A reference-diet was formulated to supply broiler requirements, and the test-diets consisted of 60% of reference diets and 40% of corn or soybean meal. Celite was added at 1% to the diets as a marker. Excreta and diet samples were analyzed for dry matter, energy, nitrogen, and acid-insoluble ash (AIA). AME of corn determined by partial collection (PC) was higher (3544 kcal/kg) as compared to total collection (TC) (3133 kcal/kg). However, no difference were observed for soybean meal (1797 vs. 1821 kcal/kg) between both methods. Marker recovery rates in the excreta were 101, 111, and 96% for the basal-diet, and the test-diets with corn or soybean meal, respectively. This result indicates the importance of marker recovery rate in the excreta to evaluate feed AME and digestibility.
Descrição
Palavras-chave
Acid insoluble ash, AIA, Broiler, Digestibility, marker, partial collection method
Como citar
Revista Brasileira de Ciência Avícola. Fundação APINCO de Ciência e Tecnologia Avícolas, v. 12, n. 2, p. 129-132, 2010.