Feed ingredients database for meat chickens
The feed ingredients database is the first of its kind for the Australian chicken meat industry. It has 102 nutrient specifications for 42 feed ingredients most …
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Nutrition
Research in meat chicken nutrition has improved productivity over the last 20 years. There is still much to learn and opportunities to keep improving.
The brief, informative ‘Breeder nutrition’ and ‘Broiler nutrition’ videos by Cobb-Vantress explains the nutrition needs of chickens and how they change as they grow. There is a great overview of meat chicken, or broiler, feeds and feeding in Australia on Australian Chicken Meat Federation’s ‘About the industry’ page.
To read more detailed information about the nutrient requirements of chicken, feed ingredients, feed evaluation and feed formulation visit the PoultryHub.
Below is a list of current and recently completed nutrition-related research projects funded by the AgriFutures Australia Chicken Meat Program, including links to project summaries and final reports.
Industry research summaries
- Industry summary: Survey and review of grain sorghum in chicken meat production – journal article (PRJ-010489), March 2019
- Project summary: Whole grain feeding for chicken meat production (PRJ-009099), May 2018
- Project summary: The factors influencing sorghum starch digestibility in meat chickens (PRJ-008695), May 2017
Nutrition-related research projects in progress, or that have finished recently
- Review of the nutrient content of Australian feed ingredients – project summary (PRJ-011564)
- Formulating broiler diets based on protein and starch digestive dynamics (PRJ-010216)
- Population level biomarkers of gut health in commercial flocks – project summary (PRJ-011908)
- Economic impact of non-starch polysaccharides in broiler diets (PRJ-010978)
- Branched-chain amino acids in wheat-based, crude protein-reduced diets (PRJ-011541)
- Next generation probiotics to enhance the gut health of chickens – project summary (PRJ-011008)
- Optimising amino acid profiles and energy in reduced-protein diets (PRJ-011520)
A list of finished nutrition-related projects is available on our ‘Completed nutrition research projects’ page.
