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The effect of β-glucanase supplementation on the apparent metabolizable energy and nutrient digestibilities of different barley cultivars for young broiler chickens

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 November 2017

H. Nassiri Moghaddam ,
M. Danesh Mesgaran  and
M. D. Shakouri
H. Nassiri Moghaddam
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Science, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, P.O. Box 91775-1163, Mashhad, Iran
M. Danesh Mesgaran
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Science, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, P.O. Box 91775-1163, Mashhad, Iran
M. D. Shakouri
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Science, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, P.O. Box 91775-1163, Mashhad, Iran
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Despite of high production of barley in Iran, its use in poultry diets is limited due to low energy content and problems such as sticky droppings. Barley cultivars have different nutritive value for broilers (Villamide, et al., 1997) and enzyme application may affect barley cultivar based diets differently. β-glucanase supplementation of barley based diets can eliminate β-glucan, the main anti-nutritional factor of barley, and improve nutrient digestibilities and apparent metabolizable energy. The objective of this trial is to study the β-glucanase effect on nutrient digestibilities and apparent metabolizable energy corrected for nitrogen (AMEn) of different barley cultivar based diets.

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Proceedings of the British Society of Animal Science , Volume 2005 , 2005 , pp. 159
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Copyright © The British Society of Animal Science 2005

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