The Biotin Requirement of Broilers Feed Maize-Palm Kernel Meal Based Ration
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6 duplicate floor pens with 20cday-old commercial broiler chicks each, were fed practical-type
broiler diet with m;:tize:- palm kernel meal, supplemented with graded levels of biotin so that the
rations had 40,89.,120; Y60,200,:and 240 Ilg of the vitamin per kgof feed. This treatment was
maintained fo1":6 weeks. Estimation of the body weight, feed intake, blood glucose
conciliation,:and:li pid contents of their, ~kidney and blood showed that dietary biotin of 120
IlMkgJee(j·is·a~;m;inimuri1requirement. 160 Ilg/kg feed was required for the prevention of
dermatitis, morti:l1ity due to fatty liver and kidney syndrome (FLKS) and leg deformities.
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