Four experiments were conducted during spring, late fall, and winter seasons using commercial broilers to investigate the suitability of different types of chopped Willamette Valley grass seed straw as litter for broiler production. Chopped annual rye grass straw and pelleted rye grass straw are more suitable litter than chopped rye...
Broilers grown in a conventional-type house under natural lighting with intermittent lighting at night were compared to continuous (24-hour) lighting in two experiments. Broiler growth and feed conversion at seven weeks were not affected by treatments in either experiment. Economic evaluation of the different treatments showed savings ranging from 2.43...
Published December 1979. Facts and recommendations in this publication may no longer be valid. Please look for up-to-date information in the OSU Extension Catalog: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog
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Published June 1978. Facts and recommendations in this publication may no longer be valid. Please look for up-to-date information in the OSU Extension Catalog: http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog
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The high quality feedstuffs which are used in poultry feeds
are costly and could be used directly for human food. There is less
competition for fibrous feedstuffs which are less digestible by
humans and other nonruminants.
Feedstuffs containing crude and refined dietary fiber were
examined for their effects on performance,...
Five experiments were conducted with commercial broilers to study the effects of feeding yellow pea (Pisum sativum L. var. Miranda) diets with and without supplementation. Mean body weights and feed conversion for broilers fed 0, 25, 50 and 65% of soybean crude protein (CP) substituted with yellow pea (YP) protein...
Six experiments were carried out with Single Comb White Leghorn laying chickens to
assess the effect of feeding a source of direct-fed microbials (Lactobacillus; Lacto) and its
carrier [condensed cane molasses solubles (CCMS)] on the retentions of fat, nitrogen and
several minerals; on the status of the pH of the...
Several experiments involving broilers and laying hens
were conducted to study the effects of feeding crab meal,
dried whey and cellulose. The positive responses of crab
meal as a substance for improving the utilization of dried
whey and cellulose were examined. Cellulose treated with
concentrated H3PO4 in broiler diets and...