LACK OF RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EITHER SPECIFIC WEIGHT OR PRESENCE OF THE 1B1R GENE AND NUTRITIVE VALUE OF WHEAT IN BROILER DIETS

Bronagh Owens (1)

1 AFESD

Abstract 1. A study of the relationship between specific weight and nutritive value of wheat in diets offered to broilers up to 4 weeks of age was carried out using 10 varieties of wheat grown at 3 different locations; this gave rise to a range of specific weight from 59 to 76 kg/hl. 2. Because five varieties contained the 1B1R translocation and 5 did not, this allowed the effects of 1B1R on the performance of birds given high concentrations of dietary wheat to be further investigated.

Mots clés: Life Sciences

Bronagh Owens. LACK OF RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EITHER SPECIFIC WEIGHT OR PRESENCE OF THE 1B1R GENE AND NUTRITIVE VALUE OF WHEAT IN BROILER DIETS. British Poultry Science, 2008, 49 (04), pp.463-474. ⟨10.1080/00071660802158365⟩. ⟨hal-00545335⟩