Effects of feeding earthworm or vermicompost on early life performance of broilers under challenging dietary conditions

ABSTRACT: We investigated if feeding earthworms (EW) or vermicompost (VC) to broilers improves performance and aids in coping with dietary challenges from a soluble non-starch polysaccharide (NSP)-enriched diet (negative control diet; CON-). Newly-hatched male Cobb-500 birds (N = 480) were fed eithe...

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Main Authors: Gürbüz Daş, John M. Brameld, Tim Parr, Mohammad M. Seyedalmoosavi, Solvig Görs, Cornelia C. Metges
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2024-12-01
Series:Poultry Science
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0032579124009209
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