Apparent metabolizable energy of seeds in greater prairie-chickens

Michael B. Heffron; John W. Parrish Jr.

doi:10.1660/0022-8443(2005)108[0093:AMEOSI]2.0.CO;2

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1 October 2005 Apparent metabolizable energy of seeds in greater prairie-chickens

Michael B. Heffron, John W. Parrish Jr.

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Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, 108(3):93-98 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1660/0022-8443(2005)108[0093:AMEOSI]2.0.CO;2

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The apparent metabolizable energy (AME) of ten different seeds, and three commercial feeds was determined for greater prairie-chickens (Tympanuchus cupido pinnatus) under simulated winter conditions. Seeds rated extremely poor potential energy sources for wintering greater prairie-chickens included buckbrush and Blackwell switchgrass (AME < 2055 kcal/kg DM), whereas Korean lespedeza, soybean, pearlmillet, corn, sorghum, and sunflower were rated excellent, in that order (AME > 3002 kcal/kg DM). The birds exhibited excellent AME's on several commercial diets (AME >2800 kcal/kg DM), but did not eat wheat grass-cuttings (Triticum sp.).

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Michael B. Heffron and John W. Parrish Jr. "Apparent metabolizable energy of seeds in greater prairie-chickens," Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 108(3), 93-98, (1 October 2005). https://doi.org/10.1660/0022-8443(2005)108[0093:AMEOSI]2.0.CO;2

Published: 1 October 2005

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