caa a22 4500 397567596 CHVBK 20180308164832.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161202e199611 xx s 000 0 eng 10.3382/ps.0751334 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)oxford-10.3382/ps.0751334 Effect of Altering the Early Dietary Protein Level on Males from Two Strains of Commercial Turkeys [Elektronische Daten] [D. O. NOBLER, F. V. MUIR, K. K. KRUEGER, K. E. NESTOR] Two trials were conducted in which male turkeys from commercial Strains A and B were fed diets calculated to contain 80, 100, or 120% of recommended levels of protein from 1 to 8 wk of age and recommended levels of protein at other ages. Feeding reduced protein diets decreased 8-wk BW of both strains. No difference in BW, however, was evident at 17 wk in either strain. Dietary protein level generally did not influence overall feed to gain ratios, feed intake, or behaviors of male turkeys from these two strains. Effects of dietary protein level on walking ability were inconclusive. The results of the present study indicate that it may be possible to reduce early dietary protein levels with savings in feed cost for male turkeys with no adverse effects on growth or feed conversion at market age. © 1996 Poultry Science Association, Inc. Education and Production nationallicence male turkey nationallicence dietary protein nationallicence genetic strains nationallicence growth nationallicence behavior nationallicence NOBLER D. O. Department of Animal Sciences, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, The Ohio State University, Wooster, Ohio 44691, and aut MUIR F. V. Department of Animal Sciences, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, The Ohio State University, Wooster, Ohio 44691, and aut KRUEGER K. K. Cuddy Farms, Inc., P. O. Box 247, Marshville, North Carolina 28103 aut NESTOR K. E. Department of Animal Sciences, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, The Ohio State University, Wooster, Ohio 44691, and aut Poultry Science Oxford University Press 75/11(1996-11), 1334-1344 0032-5791 75:11<1334 1996 75 ps https://doi.org/10.3382/ps.0751334 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.3382/ps.0751334 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- NOBLER D. O. Department of Animal Sciences, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, The Ohio State University, Wooster, Ohio 44691, and aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- MUIR F. V. Department of Animal Sciences, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, The Ohio State University, Wooster, Ohio 44691, and aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- KRUEGER K. K. Cuddy Farms, Inc., P. O. Box 247, Marshville, North Carolina 28103 aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- NESTOR K. E. Department of Animal Sciences, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, The Ohio State University, Wooster, Ohio 44691, and aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Poultry Science Oxford University Press 75/11(1996-11), 1334-1344 0032-5791 75:11<1334 1996 75 ps Metadata rights reserved CC BY-NC-4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-oxford