Energy partitioning at low temperatures in broiler breeders
M. K. Nonis A and R. M. Gous A B
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A School of Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of KwaZulu–Natal, Scottsville 3209, South Africa.
B Corresponding author. Email: gous@ukzn.ac.za
Animal Production Science 59(3) 435-440 https://doi.org/10.1071/AN17605
Submitted: 8 September 2017 Accepted: 18 December 2017 Published: 19 March 2018
Abstract
The objective of the present study was to investigate how broiler breeder hens partition dietary metabolisable energy (ME) at low temperatures. Performance of caged broiler breeders fed equal quantities of essential nutrients (other than energy) was measured in six environmental chambers, with the temperature in each chamber being kept constant at 10°C, 12.5°C, 15°C (two chambers), 17.5°C or 20°C for two 6-week periods. Throughout these two trial periods, birds were fed 160 g/day of one of four diets containing 12.9, 11.9, 10.5 or 9.7 MJ apparent ME/kg, so that daily energy allocations ranged from 1552 to 2964 kJ/bird. Irrespective of the environmental temperature to which they were subjected, broiler breeders consumed virtually all of the feed allocated to them each day. Mean rate of lay and egg output in the final 3 weeks of each period of hens on the highest apparent ME feed was unaffected by the decrease in temperature from 19.5°C to 9.9°C, but equally depressed on the three lower energy levels. Both weight gain and egg weight increased marginally, but significantly, as the temperature decreased. As a function of body protein weight (BP, kg), egg output (EO, g/day) and growth (ΔW, g/day), the ME consumed (kJ/day) by broiler breeders over all treatments was partitioned as follows: 2423 (±30.3) BP + 7.04 (±0.41) EO + 13.5 (±1.10) ΔW. An ME intake of 1900 kJ/bird.day would appear to be adequate for broiler breeders over the range of temperatures used in the trial.
Additional keywords: egg production, lipid gain, maintenance, metabolisable energy.
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