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Digestibility trials with poultry. I. The digestibility of English wheats, with a note on the digestibility of fibre in Sussex ground oats

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

E. T Halnan
E. T Halnan
Affiliation:
(Poultry Nutrition Section, Animal Nutrition Institute, School of Agriculture, Cambridge.)
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(1) A review of the literature on the digestibility of wheat by poultry revealed the fact that, whereas there appeared to be but little variation in the digestibility coefficients for organic matter and N-free extract, considerable variation existed in the digestibility coefficients for crude protein, fibre and ether extract. It was considered desirable, therefore, to carry out digestibility determinations of known varieties of English wheats in order to ascertain how far such variations could be attributed to different varieties of wheat having been used in these experiments.

(2) Experiments carried out with Little Joss wheat and Yeoman II wheat gave closely concordant results for all nutrients other than ether extract.

(3) The results obtained in these experiments support the view that the digestibility of crude fibre by poultry is negligible.

(4) Except in the case of crude fibre and ether extract, poultry appear to be able to digest wheat as efficiently as other farm animals. Poultry are, however, distinctly inferior to other farm animals in their capacity to digest crude fibre and ether extract.

(5) The results of the present experiment show general agreement with previous work, except in the case of protein, where the digestibility coefficients are distinctly higher than those hitherto recorded. The explanation of this result may possibly be sought for in the improved methods used in the estimation of uric acid and ammonia

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Research Article
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The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 16 , Issue 3 , July 1926 , pp. 451 - 458
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1926

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