Data and Methods
This study was carried out to evaluate the nutrient composition of local poultry feeds compared to
international standards published & outlined in the NRC Publication: Nutrient Requirement for Poultry,
revised edition (1994). Three major UAE local poultry feed companies were selected in this study. Also,
different type feeds for broiler production (starter and finisher) and egg production (starter, grower and layer)
were selected from each company. Then, laboratory feed chemical analyses were performed on crude protein,
fat, and ash levels as determined by methods described by AOAC [5]. Minerals analyses of total calcium,
magnesium, copper, phosphorus and others were determined using procedures for the Inductively Coupled
Plasma Atomic Emission Spectrometry (ICP-OES) as described by Varian [6]. Another study was designed to
investigate and compare the effect of two different feed types produced by the UAE feed industry (from two
major feed mill companies, B and C ) on broiler feed efficiency (chicken meat production), considering the
available market price of feeds utilized in this trial. One-day old Cobb-500 commercial broiler chicks were
randomly assigned to two (2) different feed treatments, six replicate groups per treatment of 10 chicks per
cage. The chicks were housed in Petersime battery brooders, 10 chicks per cage. Experimental treatments
consisted of feeding broiler starter feeds from two different feed companies for three weeks, followed by
feeding broiler finisher feeds to the same replicate groups for another week in order to produce consumer
market size chickens. Body weight gain and feed intake were measured periodically and efficiency of feed
Data and Methods
This study was carried out to evaluate the nutrient composition of local poultry feeds compared to
international standards published & outlined in the NRC Publication: Nutrient Requirement for Poultry,
revised edition (1994). Three major UAE local poultry feed companies were selected in this study. Also,
different type feeds for broiler production (starter and finisher) and egg production (starter, grower and layer)
were selected from each company. Then, laboratory feed chemical analyses were performed on crude protein,
fat, and ash levels as determined by methods described by AOAC [5]. Minerals analyses of total calcium,
magnesium, copper, phosphorus and others were determined using procedures for the Inductively Coupled
Plasma Atomic Emission Spectrometry (ICP-OES) as described by Varian [6]. Another study was designed to
investigate and compare the effect of two different feed types produced by the UAE feed industry (from two
major feed mill companies, B and C ) on broiler feed efficiency (chicken meat production), considering the
available market price of feeds utilized in this trial. One-day old Cobb-500 commercial broiler chicks were
randomly assigned to two (2) different feed treatments, six replicate groups per treatment of 10 chicks per
cage. The chicks were housed in Petersime battery brooders, 10 chicks per cage. Experimental treatments
consisted of feeding broiler starter feeds from two different feed companies for three weeks, followed by
feeding broiler finisher feeds to the same replicate groups for another week in order to produce consumer
market size chickens. Body weight gain and feed intake were measured periodically and efficiency of feed
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