Feeding constitutes the highest variable cost in poultry production, accounting for at least
60% of such costs, especially in an intensive rearing system. Energy intake is an essential …

Abstract Changes in small intestine digestion kinetics and early enzymatic hydrolysis in the
crop attributable to xylanase supplementation has not previously been thoroughly studied in …

Simple Summary With an increasing trend in chilled chicken sale and consumers'
preference for indigenous chickens in China, commercial, yellow-feathered chickens are …

Department of Animal Genetics and Breeding, National Research Institute of Animal
Production, 32-083 Balice n. Kraków, Poland abstract the aim of the study was to determine …

The carcass and meat quality of three different commercial chicken genotypes reared
according to the organic system and slaughtered at two different ages (70 and 81 days) …

In order to evaluate the effect of energy intake and broiler genotype on performance, carcass
yield, and fat deposition, 600 one-day-old male chicks from two different genetic groups …

This study evaluated the main effects and interactions of 2 ME levels and 3 conditioning
temperatures on broiler performance, processing yield, footpad lesions, tibia ash, and …

In this work quantity of abdominal fat (weight and portion) was examined in broilers of two
genotypes in the fifth, sixth and seventh week of their growth. The examination was carried …

The growth rate of the chicken meat production industry needs to match or exceed the
growth rate of the human population to provide sufficient dietary protein for as many people …

This study aimed to evaluate the effects of the dietary inclusion of microencapsulated
sodium butyrate (Na-butyrate; 0, 150, and 300 mg Na-butyrate/kg diet) and dietary fat …