Grains Research and Development Corporation: Recent submissions
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The nutritive value of frosted wheat for sheep
Published 2001-01-01The effect of frosting on the nutritive value of wheat grain was determined in a digestibility experiment with sheep. Thirty-six Merino wethers were maintained on diets of lucerne chaff (30%) and whole wheat grain (70%) ...Article -
The metabolisable energy value of sorghum and barley for broilers and layers
Published 2001-01-01A series of experiments were conducted to determine the apparent metabolisable energy (AME) values of 11 sorghum and 11 barley samples using broilers and layers. In addition the AME values of three selected samples were ...Conference paper -
Relationships between the ileal and faecal digestible energy content of pig diets containing Australian barley cultivars
Published 2000-01-01Significant variation has been shown to exist between the digestible energy of barley cultivars fed to growing pigs, but due to extensive fermentation in the hind gut, digestible energy measurements may be underestimating ...Conference paper -
Microstructure of grains as an indicator of nutritive value
Published 2001-01-01The gross chemical contents of grains explain most, but not all, of the variation in their nutritive value for livestock. It is believed that the microstructural features of grains may be responsible for this unexplained ...Conference paper -
Extrustion and expansion of cereal grains promotes variable energy yields in pigs, broiler chickens and laying hens
Published 2005-01-01Maximising digestible energy (DE) yield from cereals is fundamental to optimising efficiency in pig and poultry production systems. Given the potential interaction between grain structure and composition and DE (or AME) ...Conference paper