ANSC 44500
COMMERCIAL POULTRY MANAGEMENT

Quiz # 4
ANSC 445
Commercial Poultry Management

(4 points each for a total of 20 points)

1. Identify:

a. the macro-minerals of a poultry diet

b. an amino acid that may be added to a diet because its quantity is limited in the diet.

c. a feed ingredient that serves as a main source of fat

d. a pellet binder

e. why antioxidants such as ethoxyquin are added to the feed

(5 points)
2. You have just collected 6-week body weight data on your flock of White Leghorn pullets. Your management guide indicates that birds should weigh 1 lb, when actually they only weigh 0.9 lb. There are many things that you can do from an environmental point of view to stimulate appetite, such as reduce room temperature, postpone the next scheduled reduction in light hours if available, increase light intensity, set time clock so feeders run more frequently, etc. What do you do from a nutritional point of view to stimulate growth?

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