Balancing Nutrient Levels: Meeting Specific Requirements for Different Poultry Groups

Abstract

Abstract

The nutrient composition of poultry diets is one of the major aspects that ensure high performance, productivity, and sustainability in poultry production This study proposed evaluating the various nutritional requirements for various poultry types, such as broilers, layers, breeders, and turkeys, along with the impact of finished diets on growth performance, reproductive performance, and the quality of the finished products during production. In this research, a comparative analytical platform was used, where a total of 240 birds were evenly divided between the four types of poultry groups. In this study, the different formulated diets were used according to the physiology of the different groups of poultry, whereby the performance parameters of each diet were determined by the intake of the diets, weight gain, ratio of the diet:weight gain, egg laying, egg quality, fertility, and viability of the offspring. The evaluation of the research indicates varying capacities of the different types of poultry in using the different diet compositions. While the turkeys and broilers can effectively grow using diets high in energy and proteins, the layers need high calcium in the diets to ensure egg laying and quality. The breeders of the poultry indicate high fertility and viability using a diet formulated with proportional compositions of energy, proteins, and micro-nutrients. The present study indicates the using of a diet which formulated according to types of poultry has an important effect on the productivity, efficiency of the used diets, and sustainability of the production processes.