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Waterfowl

  • Nutrient Requirements of Poultry: Ninth Revised Edition, 1994 Ninth Revised Edition, 1994 (1994) This edition includes more discussion on key facets of nutrients, nutrient requirements, and nutrient sources. Detailed documentation of the scientific literature used to establish or estimate the requirements is also included in Appendix A. Energy, specific nutrients, and certain nonnutritive feed ingredients are discussed in general terms in Chapter 1. Nutrient requirements for specific types of poultry are presented and discussed in Chapters 2 through 6, with each chapter devoted to a different type.

Chickens

  • Poultry Diets for Small Flocks. Feed formulations designed for the flock owner who may wish to home-mix feeds or have them custom-blended for their birds. They also allow the incorporation of corn from sustainable agriculture or organic programs. These formulations are based on nutrient requirement recommendations and ingredient nutrient analyses of the National Research Council. By: B.L. Damron and D.R. Sloan Department of Dairy and Poultry Sciences, University of Florida
  • The Use of Flaxseed as a Poultry Feedstuff Flax or linseed (Linum usitatissimum L.) is grown in the northern United States and southern Canada. It is a source of linseed oil, an important drying oil for paints, varnishes and linoleum. Flaxseed may be processed by mechanical expellers or solvent extraction and the residual linseed meal is available as an animal feed ingredient. Linseed meal is an important feedstuff for cattle but its use in poultry feeds is limited. By: F.H. Kratzer and Pran Vohra University of California, Davis.


Gamebirds


Waterfowl

  • Feeding Ducks Prepared by: Peter R. Ferket and Gary S. Davis, North Carolina State University
   

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