GROWTH PERFORMANCE OF BROILER CHICKENS FED DIETS SUPPLEMENTED WITH BLENDS OF ORGANIC ACIDS
1 Department of Animal Science, Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, Nigeria
2 National Animal Production Research Institute, Shika Zaria
3 Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Federal University Gashua, Yobe State, Nigeria.
* Corresponding author: idachabacu@gjids.org.ng
2 National Animal Production Research Institute, Shika Zaria
3 Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Federal University Gashua, Yobe State, Nigeria.
* Corresponding author: idachabacu@gjids.org.ng
Abstract
Performance of broiler chickens fed diets supplemented with blends of organic acids was
investigated. Three hundred broiler chickens were assigned to five treatment groups, each
replicated three times with twenty birds per replicate in a completely randomized design. The
chickens in the control treatment were fed the basal diet while all other treatments were fed
acidified diets. Four blends of organic acids (Fysal®, Biotronic®, Orgacid® andAcidomix®)
were supplemented in the diets of birds in treatments two to five, respectively at the
manufacturers recommended level of 0.01%. Results indicated that all treatments fed acidified
diets showed significantly (P
Keywords
Feed
Organic acid
phytate
utilization
How to Cite
U, I. . C., S, D., JJ, O., A, O. P., I, A., & A, B. K. (2016). GROWTH PERFORMANCE OF BROILER CHICKENS FED DIETS SUPPLEMENTED WITH BLENDS OF ORGANIC ACIDS. Gashua Journal of Irrigation and Desertification Studies, 2(1), 139-148.
I. . C. U, D. S, O. JJ, O. P. A, A. I, and B. K. A, "GROWTH PERFORMANCE OF BROILER CHICKENS FED DIETS SUPPLEMENTED WITH BLENDS OF ORGANIC ACIDS," Gashua Journal of Irrigation and Desertification Studies, vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 139-148, May 2016.
