The document explores using optimal nutrient densities in broiler diets to maximize performance, yield, and profit. It finds that a high protein prestarter diet, males, and diets with 97% ME and 102% protein from Cobb recommendations optimize breast meat yield and economic returns. Precision nutrition strategies can help poultry producers balance multiple objectives of broiler production.
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Broiler Diets to Maximize Carcass
Yield and Quality
F. I. L. Hernandez1, M. J. Zuidhof, D. R.
Korver2, R. A. Renema2, Valerie Carney1
1
Alberta Agriculture and Food, Agriculture Research Division
2
Agricultural Food and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta
4. Take Home Message
• Optimal nutrient densities to optimize performance
and to maximize profit
1. Good early start pays dividends
2. Drop the Energy:Protein ratio during grower and finisher
phases
5. Background
• Quality in the meat sector
…has many dimensions (leanness, color, functional properties)
• Maximize value (yield, quality, or profitability)…
… usually means compromise between multiple competing objectives
• Modeling applications were explored for using nutrition to optimize
broiler production
…and explore the impact of nutrition with the aim of improving lean
meat yield
7. TREATMENTS
85 % 92.5 % 100 % 107.5 % 115 %
protein protein protein protein protein
94 % energy 97 % energy 100% energy
*Cobb-Vantress recommendations for maximized growth rate and feed efficiency
8. TREATMENTS DIETS
DBP Treatment
VLow Low Rec High VHigh
Low A AAC AC ACC C
ME Treatment
Mod AB AABBCD ABCD ABCCDD CD
Rec B BBD BD BDD D
10. TREATMENTS DIETS
DBP Treatment
VLow Low Rec High VHigh
Low A AAC AC ACC C
ME Treatment
Mod AB AABBCD ABCD ABCCDD CD
Rec B BBD BD BDD D
12. Techniques
• BW (Live body weight)
• Carcass
– Eviscerated (feet, head and neck removed)
• Cut Up
- Breast (p. major + p. minor)
- Abdominal fatpad (including fat on gizzard)
- Legs (drum + thigh)
- Wings
13. Techniques
- Equations are useful to discover optimal ages or management
strategies for lean chicken production
• Allometric analysis was conducted using Huxley’s equation
y = ax b
• Where y is the weight of the carcass part (g);
x is the weight of the eviscerated carcass (g);
a and b are coefficients, estimated using the NLIN procedure of
SAS.
14. Effect of Prestarter on BW
LowPS HighPS
4.0
2.80
3.0
2.70
BW (kg)
BW (kg)
2.60
2.0
2.50
High Low
1.0
Prestarter
0.0
0 7 14 21 28 35 42 49 56
Age (days)
PS Level P<0.0001
P<0.0001
15. Effect of Prestarter on Breast Yield at
42 d
( 2,135 g EBW)
700.00
690.00
680.00 669.94 667.75
Breast (g)
670.00
660.00
650.00
640.00
630.00
620.00
610.00
600.00
HighPS LowPS
P<0.037
16. Prestarter Effects (HighPS)
Summary
• Improved BW at 42 d (2.73 vs 2.66 kg)
• Improved Breast Yield at 42 d (670 vs 668 g)
17. Effect of Sex on BW at 42 d
3 2.92
2.48
2
BW (kg)
1
0
Female Male
Sex
P<0.0001
P<0.0001
18. Effect of Sex on Fat Pad at 42 d
80.00 71.98
70.00
60.00
Fatpad (g)
50.00 43.65
40.00
30.00
20.00
10.00
0.00
Female Male
P<0.0001
19. Effect of DBP on Breast Yield at 42 d
700.00
679.32 678.02
680.00 674.13
Breast (g)
657.25
660.00
647.59
640.00
620.00
600.00
VH H Rec L VL
P<0.0001
P<0.0001
20. Effect of DBP on Fat Pad at 42 d
80.00 75.92
70.00
57.42
60.00 53.27
49.32
Fatpad (g)
50.00 44.87
40.00
30.00
20.00
10.00
0.00
VH H Rec L VL
P<0.0001
21. Economic Analysis
• Live cost of production (Supply Chain Model)
– BW
– Feed intake & FCR
-Processing Cost
- $1.94/kg (whole bird scenario)
- $2.13/kg (cutup scenario)
-Carcass Value
(CA wholesale / US relative)
- Whole bird scenario ($3.48 < 2.3 kg <
$4.15/kg)
-Cutup scenario
Breast ( x 1.78)
Legs ( x 0.86)
Other ( x 0.62)
Sources: AAFC, USDA
22. FEED PRICES OF CORNER DIETS
HighPS LowPS
PRE-STARTER $354.20/t $317.24/t
A B C D
Starter $315.26 $348.95 $333.70 $367.31
Grower $324.68 $360.31 $344.01 $379.72
Finisher $319.66 $354.10 $334.20 $369.42
23. Relative Feed Prices
Relative cost
1.10
1.05
1.00
0.95
0.90
0.85
80 90 100 110 120
Protein (% of rec)
Energy (% of rec) 94 97 100
24. Females
More Profitable:
Males
• High PS
• Males
28. Optimal Energy:Protein ratios
Honourable
Optimal mentions
Recommended Cutup Whole Cutup Whole
——————————— kcal ME / g CP ———————————
Starter 14.0 14.2 14.8 14.8 14.9
Grower 16.0 14.2 14.6 14.6 14.7
Finisher 17.1 15.7 15.8 16.0 16.1
Cutup Market
Optimal Cal:P ratio is lower than recommended for grower and finisher phases
Whole Market
Optimal Cal:P ratio is slightly higher for the starter and grower phases than for
the cutup market
29. Final Considerations
• Early nutrition has a strong economic impact
• Nutritionists working with the end product in mind
have the potential to improve value through
improving lean yield, reducing carcass fatness
30. Take Home Message
• Optimal nutrient densities to optimize performance
and to maximize profit
1. Good early start pays dividends
2. Drop the Energy:Protein ratio during grower and finisher
phases
31. Acknowledgements
P o u lt r y
In d u s t r y
C o u n c il
for Research and Education