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Study quantifies energy available from corn distillers grain

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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Researchers at Purdue University have determined the amount of metabolizable energy available to young broiler chickens from dried corn distillers grains (DDG) and dried corn distillers grains with solubles (DDGS).  The results of their study appear in an article in a recent issue of Poultry Science, a journal of the Poultry Science Association.

Currently, more than 35 percent of the annual U.S. corn crop is being used for ethanol production, resulting in less and more expensive corn for use in diets for poultry and other livestock. As a result, poultry growers have turned to DDG and, more. . .

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