Avian liver: the forgotten organ

F Zaefarian, MR Abdollahi, A Cowieson, V Ravindran - Animals, 2019 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The liver is a multi-purpose organ, with involvement in bile secretion, and
lipid, carbohydrate and protein metabolism, as well as a number of other metabolic …

Feed intake response of broilers: Impact of feed processing

MR Abdollahi, F Zaefarian, V Ravindran - Animal Feed Science and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Feed intake (FI) is the primary factor driving the growth rate of broilers. Amongst a broad
spectrum of the factors affecting the FI, less attention has been paid to the impact of feed …

Influence of feed form and particle size on performance, nutrient utilisation, and gastrointestinal tract development and morphometry in broiler starters fed maize-based …

S Naderinejad, F Zaefarian, MR Abdollahi… - Animal Feed Science …, 2016 - Elsevier
The influence of feed form and particle size on the performance, coefficient of apparent ileal
digestibility (CAID) of nutrients, apparent metabolisable energy (AME) and intestinal …

Particle size and feed form in broiler diets: impact on gastrointestinal tract development and gut health

F Zaefarian, MR Abdollahi… - World's Poultry Science …, 2016 - cambridge.org
The importance of feed particle size, as a tool to optimise the utilisation of feed and improve
production efficiency in broilers, has attracted increased attention in recent years. Particle …

Roles of dietary fibre and ingredient particle size in broiler nutrition

SK Kheravii, NK Morgan, RA Swick… - World's Poultry Science …, 2018 - cambridge.org
Increasing the structural components in the diet, namely through including coarse grain
particles in diets and manipulating the dietary fibre composition, has been shown to improve …

Dietary fibre in laying hens: a review of effects on performance, gut health and feather pecking

A Desbruslais, A Wealleans… - World's Poultry …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Dietary fibre has traditionally been considered an energy-diluting component of laying hen
diets. With low energetic values, and sometimes negative impacts on digesta viscosity and …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of feed form and particle size, and pellet binder on performance, digestive tract parameters, intestinal morphology, and cecal microflora populations in …

MHMG Abadi, H Moravej, M Shivazad, MAK Torshizi… - Poultry science, 2019 - Elsevier
This study was conducted to assess the effects of feed form (FF), particle size (PS), and
pellet binder (PB) on performance, digestive tract parameters, intestinal morphology, and …

[HTML][HTML] Dietary sugarcane bagasse and coarse particle size of corn are beneficial to performance and gizzard development in broilers fed normal and high sodium …

SK Kheravii, RA Swick, M Choct, SB Wu - Poultry science, 2017 - Elsevier
An experiment was conducted to evaluate the effects of sugarcane bagasse (SB) and
particle size on broiler performance, gizzard development, ileal microflora, litter quality, and …

The interactive influence of dietary nutrient density and feed form on the performance of broiler chickens

MR Abdollahi, F Zaefarian, V Ravindran… - Animal Feed Science and …, 2018 - Elsevier
The present study investigates the interactions between dietary nutrient density and feed
form on the growth performance, coefficient of apparent ileal digestibility (CAID) of dry matter …

Effect of particle size of insoluble fibre on growth performance, apparent ileal digestibility and caecal microbial population in broiler chickens fed barley-containing …

Z Pourazadi, S Salari, MR Tabandeh… - British Poultry …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
This study was conducted to investigate the effect of particle size of insoluble fibre on growth
performance, apparent ileal digestibility (AID) and caecal microbial population in broiler …