Original scientific paper
EVALUATION OF THE USE OF DDGS IN FEED MIXTURES OF BROILERS
Zvonimir Steiner
; Poljoprivredni fakultet u Osijeku, Osijek, Hrvatska
Matija Domaćinović
; Poljoprivredni fakultet u Osijeku, Osijek, Hrvatska
Ivana Klarić
; Poljoprivredni fakultet u Osijeku, Osijek, Hrvatska
Mario Ronta
; Poljoprivredni fakultet u Osijeku, Osijek, Hrvatska
Vedran Bertić
; Zavod za javno zdravstvo Osijek, Osijek, Hrvatska
Natalija Steiner
; Poljoprivredni fakultet u Osijeku, Osijek, Hrvatska
Vatroslav Šerić
; Klinički bolnički centar Osijek, Osijek, Hrvatska
Abstract
The purpose of the study was to evaluate the possibility of using by-products of ethanol factories (DDGS) in chicken. The experiment was composed of three groups of day-old broilers (3x40), hybrid Cobb 500, which had added to the feed mixture DDGS (0, 15 and 25 %) from the beginning to the end of fattening. The experiment lasted 42 days. Monitored were values of body mass of chickens, feed intake and feed utilization per kg gain. There were statistically very significant differences (P> 0.01) among groups in total gain, where the control group had the highest growth. Feed consumption per kg of gain was higher in the experimental groups (11-15 %) compared to the control group. The cost of kg of gain, as feed is concerned, was the lowest in the experimental group 2 (88.75 %) compared to the control group. The results show the economic justification for the use of DDGS of 25% in the feed mix for the fattening of chickens.
Keywords
chickens; fattening; DDGS; gain; price
Hrčak ID:
143543
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Publication date:
18.8.2015.
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