Growth, Carcass Quality and Gut Microbiota Responses to Extruded Rapeseed Meal With Protease in Broiler Chickens
Rohban Hameed, Muhammad Tahir, Rifat Ullah Khan, Sohail Ahmad, Luciana Rossi, Rasha K. Al‐Akeel · 2026
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Rohban Hameed and five co-authors tested rapeseed meal as a soybean substitute in chicken feed in a 2026 trial. Soybean meal is the standard protein for broilers, but cost and supply worries push the search for alternatives. Rapeseed meal carries anti-nutritional factors that blunt its value, so the team extruded it and added protein- and fiber-cutting enzymes. Three hundred twenty young male broilers were assigned to four diets.
During the finisher phase, the control diet was compared against swaps replacing 5, 7.5, or 10 percent of soybean protein. The lower two swaps gave the best growth, feed efficiency, and survival. Nutrient digestibility rose across the rapeseed groups, and carcass, breast, and thigh weights increased. Gut measures and microbes were tracked to check intestinal health.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Rohban Hameed, Muhammad Tahir, Rifat Ullah Khan, Sohail Ahmad, Luciana Rossi, Rasha K. Al‐Akeel |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 51 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |