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Use of Sunflower Cake in the Diet of ISA Brown Pullets
Author(s)
Anastasios Kargopoulos1, Eleftherios Bonos2, Zoitsa Basdagianni3 and Ioannis Nikolakakis1
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DOI:10.17265/2161-6256/2017.02.008
Affiliation(s)
1. Department of Agricultural Technology, Division of Animal Production, Technological Educational Institution of Western Macedonia, Florina 53100, Greece
2. Research Institute of Animal Science/Hellenic Agricultural Organization-Dimiter, Paralimni Giannitsa, Pella 58100, Greece
3. Faculty of Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Environment, School of Agriculture, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki 54124, Greece
ABSTRACT
Recently, feed ingredient prices and availability concerns have resulted
in the examination of diet formulations using alternative, locally available,
high protein feed ingredients. An experiment was carried out to evaluate sunflower cake (SC) dietary
effect on the performance of ISA brown pullets. The duration of the experiment was 20 weeks. A total of 48 one-day-old pullets were randomly
allocated in three groups (C, SC6.25 and SC12.5) with four replications. The
pullets of the control group (C) were given proper full rations without sunflower cake for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd
rearing ages, whereas in the treatment groups SC6.25 sunflower cake was added at 6.25% of rations and in group SC12.5 at 12.5% of rations. The pullets
were housed in floor pens with litter and were offered feed and water ad libitum. According to the results of statistical analysis,
the addition of 6.25% sunflower cake in the diet significantly
(P < 0.05) affected body
weight gain and feed conversion ratio. The results of this study showed that sunflower cake can be
added to the ration of ISA brown pullets of 0-20 weeks of age up to 12.5% without any adverse effect on their
performance.
KEYWORDS
ISA brown pullets, sunflower seed cake, feed ingredients, performance.
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