caa a22 4500 397568894 CHVBK 20180308164835.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161202e199607 xx s 000 0 eng 10.3382/ps.0750891 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)oxford-10.3382/ps.0750891 Effect of Dietary Fat, Fiber, and Monensin on Cecal Activity in Turkeys [Elektronische Daten] [A. K. ZUBAIR, C. W. FORSBERG, S. LEESON] Two experiments were conducted to determine the physical, chemical, and microbial properties of turkey cecal droppings and relate them to intake of common dietary components, namely fat, fiber, and the anticoccidial, monensin. Experiment 1 involved collection and analysis of physical and chemical properties of cecal and regular droppings from commercial turkey flocks. Experiment 2 tested the effect of dietary fat, fiber, and monensin on growth performance and cecal activity in male turkeys. Compared to regular excreta, cecal droppings analyzed in Experiment 1 were higher in viscosity and fat content, and lower in dry matter, nitrogen, and fiber content (P < 0.05). High dietary fiber and fat significantly (P < 0.05) improved growth performance in Experiment 2. Prolonged feeding of monensin significantly (P < 0.05) reduced cecal evacuation. Results of chemical composition showed that higher dietary fat and fiber significantly (P < 0.01) reduced the fat percentage of cecal contents, whereas prolonged feeding of monensin increased the fat in both cecal contents and droppings. There was no significant effect of any of the treatments on pH, viscosity, and microbial counts of cecal contents. There is the need to identify and characterize the compound responsible for the high viscosity of cecal droppings. © 1996 Poultry Science Association, Inc. Metabolism and Nutrition nationallicence dietary fat nationallicence dietary fiber nationallicence monensin nationallicence cecal activity nationallicence turkey nationallicence ZUBAIR A. K. Department of Animal and Poultry Science, and aut FORSBERG C. W. Department of Microbiology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada, N1G 2W1 aut LEESON S. Department of Animal and Poultry Science, and aut Poultry Science Oxford University Press 75/7(1996-07), 891-899 0032-5791 75:7<891 1996 75 ps https://doi.org/10.3382/ps.0750891 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.3382/ps.0750891 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- ZUBAIR A. K. Department of Animal and Poultry Science, and aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- FORSBERG C. W. Department of Microbiology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada, N1G 2W1 aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- LEESON S. Department of Animal and Poultry Science, and aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Poultry Science Oxford University Press 75/7(1996-07), 891-899 0032-5791 75:7<891 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