The Effect of Molybdenum on Chick and Poult Growth

Abstract

Summary

1) The results of 2 studies with chicks and one study using Broad Breasted Bronze turkey poults have indicated that addition of molybdenum to purified basal diets resulted in a growth advantage of 13.5-19.1% over the unsupplemented group. 2) The feeding of a reconstituted ash mixture which simulated the ash of distillers dried solubles resulted in significant increases in growth rate of both chicks and poults. 3) From the data presented it appears that under conditions of these studies a nutritional requirement for molybdenum by chick and poult may be demonstrated.