E. A. Elzubeir

Institute of Animal Production, University of Khartoum, Shambat,
P. 0. Box 32, Khartoum North, Sudan.

Summary

A feeding trial was conducted to study the effect of vitamin E supplementation to sorghum-sorghum glitten meal based diet on growth of broiler chicks. supplementation of the basal diet with various levels of vitamin E failed to alter significantly weight gain, feed intake, gain: feed ratio or liver, pancreas, bursa and abdominal fat relative weights. Liver chemical composition was not affected by the dietary treatment. Failure to show a response to supplementation of vitamin E suggests the birds were receiving a level of vitamin E adequate to maintain growth.

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