Inclusion of sorghum, millet and cottonseed meal in broiler diets: a meta-analysis of effects on performance.

ABSTRACT: A meta-analysis was conducted (i) to evaluate broiler response to partial or total substitution of corn by sorghum and millet and (ii) to determine the effect of soybean meal replacement by cottonseed meal in broiler diet. The database included 190 treatments from 29 experiments published from 1990 to 2013. Bird responses to an experimental diet were calculated relative to the control (Experimental-Control), and were submitted to mixed-effect models. Results showed that diets containing millet led to similar performance as the corn-based ones for all parameters, whereas sorghum-based diets decreased growth performance. No major effect of the level of substitution was observed with millet or cottonseed meal. No effect of the level of substitution of sorghum on feed intake was found; however

SUBMITTER: Batonon-Alavo DI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4492222 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature