The Effect of Feeding an APF Concentrate and Fish Solubles on the Growth of Broadbreasted Bronze Turkeys

McGINNIS et al. (1949) reported that turkey poults responded differently to vitamin B12 supplements produced by fermentation with different organisms. Lloyd, Reed and Fritz (1949) reported that the best growth of turkey poults up to 7-8 weeks of age was obtained with about 28 percent protein in the diet. The present study was undertaken to determine the effect of feeding an APF Concentrate with an all-vegetable protein diet on the growth of Broadbreasted Bronze turkey poults. EXPERIMENTAL The Broadbreasted Bronze poults used in this study were obtained from dams that had been maintained on litter and which had been fed a diet containing animal protein (2% meat and bone scraps and 3% fish meal). The poults were hatched on June 27, 1949, and were wingbanded, weighed and distributed at random among five groups of 22 birds each. The poults were kept in battery brooders with raised screen floors for the . . .