Abstract

Feed represents the major cost of poultry production, constituting up to70% of the total. Feeding of whole grains to poultry has received much attention in recent years as an alternative management practice to reduce the feed cost through savings in the cost of grinding and handling and processing of grains. This mode of feeding has not only shown positive effects on the performance but it also meets the consumer demands for a “natural” feeding system and improved animal welfare (Gabriel et al., 2007).

Y, Singh, TJ Wester, G Ravindran, and V Ravindran

Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production, Volume 70, Palmerston North, 269-271, 2010