In vitro gas production tests on irradiated-chicken feathers to estimate its nutritive value as feed for ruminants

• Main Authors: Deocaris, Custer C., De Vera, Azucena C., Ellana, Marivic M., Asaad, Celia O.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2003
• Subjects: Feathers as feed; Rumen fermentation; Ruminants—Feeding and feeds; Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Structural Biology
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/5298
• Institution: De La Salle University

Chicken feathers are a highly abundant agro-waste product containing high amounts of protein from keratin. However, these are not practically utilized as animal feeds since they provide little, if any, nutritional value due to low digestibility in its natural state. Using an in vitro fermentation ap...