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Effect of high ambient temperature (32 versus 22 C) on dietary ME value was investigated in 32 genetically lean and fat 8-wk-old male chickens. Lean broilers exhibited higher AME and TME values than fat chickens. Hot climatic conditions significantly increased AME and TME values, particularly in leaner birds. Protein retention efficiency was enhanced by selection for leanness and increased with ambient temperature. Correction for nitrogen balance (AME(n) and TMEn) reduced the effect of temperature but lean genotypes still revealed higher TMEn values than fatter ones.
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Geraert et al. (1992) studied this question.
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