Energy Intake and Body Composition of the Chick in Relation to the Dietary Concentrations of Digestible Carbohydrate and Digestible Food Energy

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Abstract
A 15% sesame seed protein diet, supplemented with 0.4% of L-lysine, and the two modifications of this diet produced by the substitution of 5 and 15% of cellu flour for glucose were fed ad libitum to 14-day old chicks for a period of 21 days. The metabolizable energy concentrations of the diets were determined from the heats of combustion of the diets and of the excreta collected during the three-week period. The metabolizable energy intakes from the basal and the 5% cellu flour diets were equal, but the intake from the 15% cellu flour diet was somewht less although all three diets allowed equal weight gains. The two former diets produced a significantly greater body fat content and a significantly lower body water content than did the 15% cellu flour diet. There were no significant differences in the final body weights or body protein contents produced by the three diets.