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Digestibility trials with poultry: IV. The digestibility of certain varieties of oats: V. The digestibility and feeding value of bulrush millet

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

E. T. Halnan
Affiliation:
(Poultry Nutrition Section, Animal Nutrition Institute, School of Agriculture, Cambridge.)

Extract

1. Digestibility trials with oats, carried out with White Leghorn cockerels, indicate that certain varieties of oats are more suitable as sources of food nutrients for poultry than others.

2. In the trials carried out, Grey Winter oats proved more suitable than Black Bountiful or Scotch Potato oats for poultry feeding.

3. The suitability of varieties of oats for poultry feeding appears to be linked with the fibre content, and thin husked varieties appear to be most suitable for this purpose.

4. Oats do not appear to be very palatable to poultry.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1928

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