Effect of Dietary Supplementation of Organic Acids on Digestibility of Nutrients and Serum Biochemical Profile of Broiler Chicken

摘要

The digestibility of nutrients and serum biochemical parameters were studied in broilers fed diet supplemented with different organic acid combinations. Two hundred and seventy, day-old, straight run commercial broiler chicks were distributed randomlyinto six treatments with three replicates of fifteen birds each and fed the experimental diets from 0 to 42 days of age. Broiler pre-starter (Maize-56.5, soybean meal-30, fish meal-10, vegetable oil-1.0 and mineral mixture-2.5 kg/100 kg feed), starter (Maize-58.5, soybean meal-28, fish meal-10, vegetable oil-1.5 and mineral mixture-2.0 kg/100 kg feed) and finisher (Maize-63.5, soybean meal-23, fish meal-10, vegetable oil-1.0 and mineral mixture-2.5 kg/100 kg feed) basal diets were prepared based on their nutrient requirements (ICAR, 2013). Six experimental diets, T_1 (basal diet), T_2 (basal diet + furazolidone @ 50 g/ 100 kg feed), T_3 (basal diet + 20:40:40 combination of citric, formic and propionic acids @ 1.5 g/100 g of feed), T_4 (basal diet+30: