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- Title
A butirát tápkiegészítő hatásának vizsgálata nagyüzemi brojlerházityúk- állományban II.
- Authors
Mátyás, Essősy; István, Fodor; Zoltán, Ihnáth; Ákos, Jerzsele; Zita, Karancsi; Dóra, Kovács; Viktória, Szalai Kata; Diána, Szentmiklósi
- Abstract
Background: The increasing threat of antimicrobial resistance raised the need for alternative solutions that can be used alone or in combination with antibiotics to improve animal health. Antimicrobial peptides, bacteriophages, polyphenolic compounds, symbiotics and butyrate are among the numerous investigated materials that might be used to prevent or treat bacterial infections, leading to a decreased consumption of antibiotics. Butyrate has several beneficial effects on chickens' physiological processes in vitro, which might lead to improved animal health and performance in vivo. Based on the knowledge on butyrate, in this study, the authors investigated its effect on broiler chickens in vivo. Objectives: The authors aimed to investigate the effects of the butyrate based Butifour F® on broiler chickens' health and performance in large scale production environment. Materials and Methods: Broiler chickens were divided into control and experimental groups. Animals in the control group were fed with commercial broiler feed, while the experimental group had the same diet supplemented with Butifour F®. Feed intake, daily weight gain, feed conversion ratio (FCR) and mortality of the groups was recorded and compared with statistical analysis. Results and Discussion: Mortality was less in the experimental group compared to the control, but the difference wasn't statistically significant. FCR of the Butifour F® group was significantly better than the control's, however weight of the chickens was significantly higher in the control group at the fifth week of the study. Feed intake and daily weight gain values did not show statistical differences. Based on the results, butyrate can be useful for improving health and performance of broiler chickens, but its effect is influenced by several factors.
- Subjects
BROILER chickens; ANTIMICROBIAL peptides; WEIGHT gain; ANIMAL health; EXPERIMENTAL groups
- Publication
Magyar Állatorvosok Lapja, 2021, Vol 143, Issue 2, p107
- ISSN
0025-004X
- Publication type
Article