Efficiency of peas in broiler diets
1999
Vaitekunas, D. | Morkunas, M. (Lithuanian Inst. of Animal Science, Baisogala, Radviliskio reg. (Lithuania))
A study was conducted to determine the efficiency of partial replacement of soybean meal by home-grown peas in diets on the growth and carcass quality of broilers. The study indicated that partial replacement of soybean meal by peas (8, 12 and 16 %) in the diets for broilers had no negative influence on weight gains and showed insignificant increase in feed intake. The broilers fed 16 % of peas had the highest weight gains (1.174 g) at four weeks of age. The digestion of dry matter, fat and energy for cockerels fed diets containing 12 and 16 % of peas was, by 3.06 and 2.55, 7.76 and 8.09, and 3.77 and 5.41 % higher, respectively, than that for cockerels fed diets without peas. The diets containing 8, 12 and 16 % of peas had no significant influence on the carcass dressing percentage and chemical composition of meat.
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