Figures & data
Table 1. Composition and nutrient specifications of basal experimental diet.
Table 2. Effects of dietary treatments on growth performance [weight gain, feed intake, feed conversion ratio (FCR)] and mortality/cull rates from 7 to 28 d post-hatch.
Table 3. Effects of dietary treatments on relative gizzard weights, contents and digesta pH, relative pancreas weights and incidence of dilated proventriculi at 28 d post-hatch.
Table 4. Effects of dietary treatments on nutrient utilisation (AME, ME:GE ratios, N retention, AMEn) at 25 to 27 d post-hatch.
Table 5. Effects of dietary treatments on apparent starch and protein (N) digestibility coefficients at 28 d post-hatch.
Table 6. Effects of dietary treatments on apparent starch and protein (N) disappearance rates at 28 d post-hatch.
Table 7. Effects of choice feeding on apparent starch and protein (N) digestibility coefficients at 28 d post-hatch.
Table 8. Effects of offering pelleted concentrate and whole grain (notional whole grain inclusions) separately on absolute and relative ration components and starch and protein intakes from 7 to 28 d post-hatch.
Table 9. Pearson correlations between gizzard and pancreas characteristics with parameters of nutrient utilisation.
Table 10. Pearson correlations between gizzard and pancreas characteristics with starch digestibility coefficients in the proximal jejunum, distal jejunum, proximal ileum and distal ileum.
Table 11. Pearson correlations between gizzard and pancreas characteristics with protein (N) digestibility coefficients in the proximal jejunum, distal jejunum, proximal ileum and distal ileum.
Table 12. Effects of dietary treatments on free amino acid concentrations (mg/mL) in plasma taken from the anterior mesenteric vein at 28 d post-hatch.
Table 13. Pearson correlations between apparent starch digestibility coefficients in 4 small intestinal segments and parameters of nutrient utilisation.