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| Benedetti,MP; Sartori,JR; Carvalho,FB; Pereira,LA; Fascina,VB; Stradiotti,AC; Pezzato,AC; Costa,C; Ferreira,JG. |
| The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of corn texture and the particle size on broiler performance, carcass yield, nutrient digestibility, and digestive organ morphometrics. In Experiment I, 720 male Cobb chicks were distributed in a completely randomized experimental design with a 2 x 3 factorial arrangement, consisting two corn textures (dented and hard) and three corn particle sizes, was applied, with four replicates of 30 birds each. Corn particle size was classified according to geometric mean diameter (GMD) as fine - 0.46 mm; medium - 0.73 mm, and coarse - 0.87 mm. In Experiment II, 120 broiler chicks were used to evaluate corn digestibility during the periods of 16 to 22 days and 35 to 41 days of age, using the method of total... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Carcass traits; Digestibility; GMD; Particle size; Performance. |
| Ano: 2011 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-635X2011000400002 |
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