Effect of body weight and dietary crude protein on energy utilisation in growing pigs and broilers
Effect of body weight and dietary crude protein on energy utilisation in growing pigs and broilers
Noblet, J.; Milgen, J. van; Carre, B.; Dimon, P.; Dubois, S.; Rademacher, M.; Cauwenberghe, S. van
Progress in research on energy and protein metabolism International Symposium, Rostock Warnemunde, Germany, 13-18 September 2003: 205-208
2003
Feed intake, BW gain, energy, protein and fat balance and components of heat production (indirect calorimetry) were measured in individually-housed barrows (6 per treatment) and group-housed male broilers (4 groups per treatment). Measurements were conducted at 25, 55 and 85 kg in pigs and at 3 and 6 weeks of age in broilers. Animals were fed a conventional or a low protein diet where protein was partly replaced by starch.