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Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, Western Australia

Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4

1966

Protein supplements

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Values Of Commonly-Used Protein Supplements In Broiler Rations, D F. Hessels Jan 1966

Values Of Commonly-Used Protein Supplements In Broiler Rations, D F. Hessels

Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4

THE performances of broiler flocks in the latter part of 1964 were below standard. Low body weights and a high incidence of gizzard erosion were common on farms.

It was therefore decided to test the biological valuss of the commonly-used protein supplements and also to try to find a correlation between gizzard erosion and any of the protein supplements.