2023 Abstracts

K. Hawkey. Insects as animal feed. B.A. Loureiro. Potential benefits of black soldier fly larvae ingredients in poultry nutrition and health. D. V. Scholey, E., J. Burton and M. Sakkers. Post-harvest treatment of wheat with a mould inhibitor improves performance in meat poultry. S. Galgano, L. Conway, N. Dalby, A. Fellows and J. G. M. Houdijk. Broiler gut microbiota responses to peracetic acid precursors. V. Mulraney, D. V. Scholey, H. Warren and E. J. Burton. Viability of broiler diets free from mineral phosphate from day old chicks. S. Struthers, I. C. Dunn, J. J. Schoenebeck, and V. Sandilands. Which beak is best: investigating the relationship between beak shape and pecking damage in commercial laying hens. A. Šimić, G. González-Ortiz, S. C. Mansbridge, S. P. Rose, M. R. Bedford, M. Tukša and V. Pirgozliev. Effects of xylo-oligosaccharide supplementation with different dose and degree of polymerisation on short-chain fatty acid caecal production. A. M. Thanki, S. Hooton, N. Whenham, M. Salter, M. Bedford, H. M. O’Neill and M. R. J. Clokie. Assessing the efficacy of bacteriophage therapy to reduce Salmonella colonisation in broiler chickens. B. Tugnoli, A. Piva and E. Grilli. A microencapsulated blend of botanicals can support broiler chickens during an experimental model of coccidiosis. C. L. Walk, P. Jenn, C. Chatelle, A. J. Cowieson, J. Schmeisser, and R. Aureli. Determining the impact of dietary phytate on the standardised ileal digestible calcium requirement of fast-growing male broilers from hatch to day 30 post-hatch. M. E. E. Ball, C. C. Mulvenna, R. Ramsey, and Y. Devlin. The relationship between ammonia emissions and the dry matter of broiler litter and hen manure. R. Hardy, C. Evans, A. Bello, S. Gilani, K. M. Venter, P. Plumstead and Y. Dersjant-Li. Production benefit of full matrix application for a novel consensus bacterial 6-phytase variant using a phased-dosing strategy in broilers. A. Desbruslais, D. Gonzalez-Sanchez, and A. Wealleans. Supplementation of a combination of lysolecithin, a synthetic emulsifier and monoglycerides, supports bird welfare and performance of broilers. M. Naeem, E. J. Burton, D. V. Scholey, A. Alkhtib, S. Broadberry, and P. Garland. Effect of including oat hulls with varying particle size on amino acid digestibility of diets fed to broilers. M. Naeem*, E. J. Burton, D. V. Scholey, A. Alkhtib, and S. Broadberry. Effect of reduced protein diets diluted with the maize of differing particle size on nitrogen efficiency and litter characteristics in meat poultry. J. G. M. Houdijk, S. Galgano, M. A. Hussein, A. Richmond, J. S. Bentley and L. M. Dixon. Reused litter and faba beans impact on growth and caecal microbiome in slow growing broilers. F. Khattak, M. Jlali, T. Rougier, J. Houdijk and C. Hincelin. Bacterial 6-phytase supplementation can help improve bone mineralisation, phosphorus digestibility and growth performance of broilers fed corn-soyabean meal-based diet. BRITISH POULTRY ABSTRACTS 2023, VOL. 19, NO. 1, 1–27 https://doi.org/10.1080/17466202.2023.2215131