Metabolizable energy values of feedstuffs to broilers

The chemical composition, the apparent metabolizable energy (AME) and apparent metabolizable energy corrected by nitrogen (AMEn) of six feed of vegetal origins were determined by the total excreta collection method. A total of 252 male broiler chicks of the lineage Ross with 21 days of age were distributed in a completely randomized experimental design, with seven treatments ( one basal reference diet and six test diets), six replicates and six birds per experimental unit. The evaluated feeds were: corn ( CO), high oil corn ( HOC), whole corn germ meal (WCGM), toasted whole soybean (TWSB), soybean hulls (SH), high protein soybean meal (HPSM) with 50% crude protein. The evaluated feeds were included in the dietstest in 40% and 25% of the reference diet, for the energy and protein feeds, respectively. The values of AME, in kcal/kg of as fed, for the feeds CO, HOC, WCGM, TSB, SH and HPSM were 3.402, 3.627, 3.019, 3.419, 814 and 2.070 and the AMEn values were: 3.393, 3.595, 2.935, 3.279, 741, and 1.984, respectively.