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28 May 2019 Growth performance, carcass composition, leg bones, and digestive system characteristics in Pekin duck broilers fed a diet diluted with whole wheat grain
Dariusz Kokoszyński, Mohamed Saleh, Zenon Bernacki, Tomasz Topoliński, Marek Andryszczyk, Mateusz Wirwicki
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A total of 270 Pekin ducks were reared for 49 d to determine the effect of feeding a diluted complete commercial wheat grain diet on live weight, feed intake and conversion, carcass, leg bone, and digestive system traits. Different feeding regimes had a significant effect on the body weight of the ducks aged 35 d and the feed conversion ratio in the period between days 22 and 35 of rearing. Dilution of a complete commercial diet with whole wheat grain had no significant influence on the final live weight (day 49), feed intake, and feed conversion ratio during the entire rearing period. Ducks fed a diet with whole wheat grain had a significantly higher dressing percentage after higher percentage of pectoral muscles, skin with subcutaneous fat, abdominal fat, as well as a significantly lower percentage of carcass remainders at the age of 49 d. Dilution of a complete commercial diet with whole wheat grain had no impact on the length of the respective intestinal sections nor on the weight and percentage share of gizzard, liver, heart, and spleen. However, it significantly lowered the fracture strength of the tibiotarsus, and decreased some dimensions of the femur and tibiotarsus.

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Dariusz Kokoszyński, Mohamed Saleh, Zenon Bernacki, Tomasz Topoliński, Marek Andryszczyk, and Mateusz Wirwicki "Growth performance, carcass composition, leg bones, and digestive system characteristics in Pekin duck broilers fed a diet diluted with whole wheat grain," Canadian Journal of Animal Science 99(4), 781-791, (28 May 2019). https://doi.org/10.1139/cjas-2018-0164
Received: 1 September 2018; Accepted: 25 February 2019; Published: 28 May 2019
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Duck
grain
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Intestine
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