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Locally grown alternative feed ingredients in turkey diets

Creator:

Sulaiman, Kurdman Mohammed Ali

Abstract:

In recent years, small poultry producers have been interested in finding an alternative for corn and soybean for a variety of reasons. Health concerns related to either naturally occurring isoflavones (phytoestrogens) or their genetically modified organism (GMO) status are the primary considerations behind this trend. Secondly, the recent high prices...

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Masters Thesis

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0.4 1bs/ton. Day old turkey poults were randomly assigned to one of the diets and body weight, feed
Preliminary investigation of artificial incubation of emu eggs, and alternative feeds and management techniques for emu chicks up to ten weeks of age

Creator:

Allen, Carol Ann

Abstract:

A preliminary study was conducted to establish baseline data for emu artificial egg incubation and emu chick growth and management. Three experiments examined factors affecting hatchability of emu eggs that occur prior to and during artificial incubation. Characteristics analyzed were egg storage duration, hen age, egg weight, egg index, shell...

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Masters Thesis

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interaction between pen size and diet for weight gain, feed conversion, or growth of the beak, middle toe
Vitamin E with the addition of flaxseed to create designer eggs

Creator:

Johnson, Rebecca C.

Abstract:

Two experiments were conducted to determine the effect of various levels of vitamin E on egg yolk. A diet of corn-flax-soybean meal was fed to layers and α-tocopherol content in eggs, egg production, and egg quality were evaluated. In experiment 2, vitamin E toxicity was also determined. In experiment 1,...

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Masters Thesis

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groups and fed diets formulated to contain 15, 250, 500, 1000, 2000, or 3000 IU a-tocopherol/kg of feed