ORIGINAL PAPER
Chemical composition and nutritional value
of different wheat cultivars for broiler chickens
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University of Agriculture in Krakow, Department of Animal Nutrition,
Al. Mickiewicza 24/28, 30-059 Kraków, Poland
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The Kielanowski Institute of Animal Physiology and Nutrition,
Polish Academy of Sciences,
05-110 Jabłonna, Poland
Publication date: 2009-01-23
Corresponding author
J. Barteczko
University of Agriculture in Krakow, Department of Animal Nutrition,
Al. Mickiewicza 24/28, 30-059 Kraków, Poland
J. Anim. Feed Sci. 2009;18(1):124-131
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ABSTRACT
The experiment was carried out on 90 Ross 308 broiler chickens (9 groups of 10 birds
each) kept in individual cages. Nine diets based on Polish wheat (Triticum aestivum) cultivars:
Zebra, Bryza, Vinjett, Torka, Rysa, Mikula, Turnia, Satyna and Bombona were prepared. The
diets contained 732.6 g/kg wheat grain, soyabean meal, fi sh meal, lysine, methionine, vitamins
and minerals. Broilers were provided experimental diets ad libitum from 14 to 42 days of age.
Performance was measured, and on the last week of the experiment a marker was added to the diets,
excreta were collected, analysed, and nutrient digestibility and metabolizable energy value were
calculated. After completion of the experiment, jejunal digesta pH and viscosity were measured.
Jejunal digesta viscosity was higher in birds fed diets with Bryza and Satyna cvs. than with the
remaining cultivars, while apparent protein digestibility was 67.9% in birds fed diets with Rysa
and Bombona cvs., and 84.6 on average, in birds fed diets with Zebra, Torka, Mikula, Turnia and
Satyna cvs. Wheat cultivar neither influenced the AMEN value of diets, which averaged 12.5 MJ/
kg, nor body weight gain, while the feed conversion ratio was 6% better, on average, in birds fed
diets with cultivars of lower viscosity (Zebra, Vinjett, Torka and Turnia) in comparison with diets
based on the remaining cultivars (P<0.05).
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