Authors : R. Ebrahimi, M. Bojar Pour and S. Mokhtar Zadeh
Abstract: This study was conducted to evaluate the effects of three various physically form diets (whole pellet, whole crumble and mix crumble and pellet) on broilers performance. It was performed using 150 broilers (male and female mix) from commercial Arbor acres breed in a completely randomized design with 3 diets by 2 replication (25 chickens per each replication). Daily gain, feed intake and FCR measured in whole period, furthermore carcass mean, breast, femur, abdominal fat, liver and gizzard measured and analyzed in end of the experiment. Body weight had not significant different. Feed intake was highest in the pellet groups. FCR in the crumble groups was higher than the other groups.
R. Ebrahimi, M. Bojar Pour and S. Mokhtar Zadeh, 2010. Effects of Feed Particle Size on the Performance and Carcass Characteristics of Broilers. Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances, 9: 1482-1484.