The nutritional value for meat chickens of water-damaged wheat from temporary bulk stores in Queensland
1987
Mannion, P.F. | Blaney, B.J. | Levitt, M.S. (Queensland Dept. of Primary Industries, Yeerongpilly (Australia). Animal Research Inst.)
A progressive reduction in the ratio of total amino acids to crude protein and in nitrogen-free extract was associated with increasing severity of water damage. Ether extract and gross energy contents of the dry matter were low in water-damaged wheat from all sites, but only the wheat with the most damage had a lower metabolizable energy content in the dry matter and as a proportion of gross energy than free-flowing wheat from the same site. The three diets containing high levels of rotten and severely water-damaged wheat resulted in an average liveweight gain and feed conversion which was poorer than that of the free-flowing wheat and the average of other less water-damaged wheat treatment. The higher average liveweight gain of the later treatments relative to the free-flowing wheat and control treatments was significant but was not reflected in better feed conversion. Possible reasons for these findings are discussed.
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