Effects of feeding earthworm or vermicompost on early life performance of broilers under challenging dietary conditions

Effects of feeding earthworm or vermicompost on early life performance of broilers under challenging dietary conditions

ABSTRACT: We investigated if feeding earthworms (EW) or vermicompost (VC) to broilers improves performance and aids in coping with dietary challenges from a soluble non-starch polysaccharide (NSP)-enriched diet (negative control diet; CON-). Newly-hatched male Cobb-500 birds (N = 480) were fed eithe...

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Main Authors: Gürbüz Daş, John M. Brameld, Tim Parr, Mohammad M. Seyedalmoosavi, Solvig Görs, Cornelia C. Metges
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2024-12-01
Series:Poultry Science
Subjects:
challenge diet
bacterial DNA
fecal host DNA
non-starch polysaccharide
pasty vent
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0032579124009209
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