Abstract:We have studied recently factors affecting the utilization of dietary metabolizable energy (ME) by table poultry (Davidson, McDonald, Mathieson & Williams, 1961 ;Davidson, Mathieson, Williams & Boyne, 1964). The criterion of utilization has been the total amount of tissue energy laid down by the bird over the experimental period. This gives an indication of the value of the diet for the bird but does not indicate the efficiency of conversion of the diet, or of the metabolizable energy in the diet, into food fo… Show more
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