Simple Summary The liver is a multi-purpose organ, with involvement in bile secretion, and
lipid, carbohydrate and protein metabolism, as well as a number of other metabolic …

Simple Summary The first week after hatch is the most challenging period in the life of
broilers. The digestive tract of the newly hatched chick is immature and must undergo …

Fats and oils possess the highest caloric density of all known nutrients. In recent years,
because of the ever-increasing energy costs, there is greater interest in maximising the use …

Cholesterol plays a vital role in the human body as a precursor of steroid hormones and bile
acids, in addition to providing structure to cell membranes. Whole body cholesterol …

An experiment was carried out to evaluate productive performance, nutrient digestibility and
carcass quality traits of broiler chickens fed diets supplemented with an exogenous …

The loss of antibiotics as a tool to improve feed efficiency in poultry production has
increased the urgency to understand how the microbiota interacts with animals to impact …

Advancements in science and technology have resulted in a noteworthy improvement in the
productive performance of poultry birds. This improvement has been achieved using …

Energy is a major cost component in diets for poultry. We hypothesized that the
supplementation of emulsifier blends in broiler diets may contribute to the efficient utilization …

Lysolecithins are added to poultry diets to promote the intestinal absorption of nutrients, in
particular of dietary fats. Lysolecithins contain a mixture of phospho-and lysophospholipids …

Lipids are a concentrated source of energy with at least twice as much energy as the same
amount of carbohydrates and protein. Dietary lipids provide a practical alternative toward …