Effects of feeding raw and processed triticale grain on performance and morphology of small intestinal mucosa in broilers

In order to investigate the effects of feeding raw triticale grain as well as processed ones on broiler performance, three hundred male broiler chickens of Cobb 500 were used in a completely randomized design with 5 treatments and 4 replications. The treatments were as follows: corn-soybean meal (control), raw triticale (80% of cereal part in diet), triticale proceed by water 40 ° C (80% of cereal part in diet), triticale proceed by acetic acid (80% of cereal part in diet) and triticale proceed by enzymes (80% of cereal part in diet). Results showed that total weight gain among the treatments differed significantly (P0.05). Feed intake and feed conversion ratio were not significantly affected by treatments. The relative weight of intestine and length of its different parts recorded no changes by raw triticale grain and processed ones, but use of raw triticale grain decreased villous height and increased width of the villi (P