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The use of whole wheat in poultry diets*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2007

S.P. Rose
S.P. Rose
Affiliation:
The National Institute of Poultry Husbandry, Harper Adams College, Newport, Shropshire TF10 8NB, UK
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Abstract

This paper deals with two aspects of feeding whole grain wheat to poultry. The nutrient availability of wheat, either ground or as whole grain, is compared, and various practical methods of providing whole grain wheat to broilers and laying fowl are discussed.

Keywords

Cerealdietfeedinggrainpoultrysystemwheatwhole
Type
Short Papers
Information
World's Poultry Science Journal , Volume 52 , Issue 1 , March 1996 , pp. 59 - 60
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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