Le tourteau de coton: Effets de la granulation de l'aliment sur les performances de croissance du poulet de chair

Abstract

A diet containing 26.7 % cottonseed meal (CSM) was fed to chicks and compared to a control diet based on soyabean meal (SBM). Both diets were offered as meal or pellets. From 7 to 25 days of age, chicks fed diets based on CSM ate less and grew slower (-13.3 and -23.4 %, respectively) than those fed diets based on SBM. Chicks fed the CSM-based diet as pellets ate 11.4 % more feed and grew 12.3 % faster than chicks fed the same diet as mash; these parameters were increased by 3 and 7 %, respectively, with the SBM-based diet. These results suggest that feed consumption of the CSM-based diet is reduced when fed as mash. However, the CSM-based diet given as pellets remains less efficient than SBM-based pellet diet. (© Elsevier / Inra).