[PDF][PDF] Factors that affect feed intake of meat birds: A review

PR Ferket, AG Gernat - Int. J. Poult. Sci, 2006 - Citeseer
Feed intake is the major factor that influences both the body weight gain and feed efficiency
in meat-type poultry. Because so many factors can influence feed intake, it is often difficult to …

Zinc metabolism with special reference to its role in immunity

MT Kidd, PR Ferket, MA Qureshi - World's Poultry Science Journal, 1996 - cambridge.org
… of the progeny to phytohaemagglutinin-P and embryonic bone weights over progeny from
… Zinc-methionine increased the response of the progeny to phytohaemagglutinin-P and zinc …

[PDF][PDF] Benefits of dietary antibiotic and mannanoligosaccharide supplementation for poultry

PR Ferket, CW Parks, JL Grimes - Multi-State Poultry Meeting, 2002 - Citeseer
… Cumulative 3-week body weight gains for unchallenged poults were improved (P < 0.05)
by both MOS and bambermycins. Two of the four E. coli stereotypes administered were …

Growth, livability, and feed conversion of 1957 versus 2001 broilers when fed representative 1957 and 2001 broiler diets

GB Havenstein, PR Ferket, MA Qureshi - Poultry science, 2003 - Elsevier
… The 2001 diets also contained more lysine, methionine, total sulfur amino acids, and fat but
less Ca and P than did the 1957 diets. The 1957 diets were fed as mash, whereas the 2001 …

Carcass composition and yield of 1957 versus 2001 broilers when fed representative 1957 and 2001 broiler diets

GB Havenstein, PR Ferket, MA Qureshi - Poultry science, 2003 - Elsevier
… The strain and diet differences for yield of the hot carcasses were present (P < 0.0001) at all
… at 71 d of age (P = 0.0207) and highly significant at 85 d of age (P < 0.0001). Although leg …

Growth, livability, and feed conversion of 1957 vs 1991 broilers when fed “typical” 1957 and 1991 broiler diets

GB Havenstein, PR Ferket, SE Scheideler, BT Larson - Poultry science, 1994 - Elsevier
… The modern diets also contained more lysine, methionine, total sulfur amino acids, and fat,
but less Ca and P than did the 1957 diets. The 1957 diets were fed as mash, whereas the …

In ovo feeding improves energy status of late-term chicken embryos

Z Uni, PR Ferket, E Tako, O Kedar - Poultry Science, 2005 - Elsevier
… Values were considered statistically different at P < 0.05. When data were percentages they
… Uni, Z., and PR Ferket. 2003. Enhancement of development of oviparous species by in ovo …

Effects of in ovo feeding of carbohydrates and beta-hydroxy-beta-methylbutyrate on the development of chicken intestine

E Tako, PR Ferket, Z Uni - Poultry Science, 2004 - Elsevier
… CHO+HMB IO group had the highest maltase activity (P < 0.05), which was approximately
50% … Body weight of all IO fed hatchlings was greater than controls, and these differences (P < …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of diets containing different concentrations of mannanoligosaccharide or antibiotics on growth performance, intestinal development, cecal and litter …

B Baurhoo, PR Ferket, X Zhao - Poultry science, 2009 - Elsevier
… In contrast to birds fed VIRG or BACT, LMOS and HMOS consistently increased (P < 0.05)
villi height and goblet cell number per villus in all intestinal segments at d 24 and 34. …

Nutritional strategies to reduce environmental emissions from nonruminants

PR Ferket, E Van Heugten… - Journal of Animal …, 2002 - academic.oup.com
… Although P emission is greatest from ruminant species (64% of total P from food animals),
P … nature of these sectors and the concentration of P in the manure. For example, swine and …