@article {10.3844/ajavsp.2025.171.179,
article_type = {journal},
title = {Critical Amino Acid and Energy Balancing to Address MaizeGrade Variation in Broiler Performance},
author = {Rahman, Md. Shahidur and Hossain, Muhammad Farhad and Maksuda, Million and Kamruzzaman, Md. and Hassan, Md. Rakib},
volume = {20},
number = {2},
year = {2025},
month = {Jul},
pages = {171-179},
doi = {10.3844/ajavsp.2025.171.179},
url = {https://thescipub.com/abstract/ajavsp.2025.171.179},
abstract = {This study aimed to evaluate the effects of maize grade variationin broiler performance. A total of 189 Cobb 500 broilers were randomly andevenly assigned to three dietary treatments having three replications of 21 birds each. The treatments were: T0 (feed formulated with grade-A maize), T1 (feed formulated with grade-B maize, with Metabolizable Energy (ME) deficiencies compensated by additional Soybean Oil (SO)), and T2 (feed formulated with grade-B maize, where deficiencies in Critical Amino Acids (CAA) and ME were addressed with supplemental CAA, SO, multi-enzyme,and toxin binder). Results showed that T1 exhibited 13.1 Bangladesh Taka (BDT) higher (p>0.5) profit margins per bird along with higher (p>0.05) final body weight, feed and water intake, and flock uniformity compared toT0. Additionally, T1 had a numerically lower (p>0.05) production cost and Feed Conversion Ratio (FCR). However, differences in feed intake and FCRbetween T1 and T0 were significant (p},
journal = {American Journal of Animal and Veterinary Sciences},
publisher = {Science Publications}
}