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Hot-melt extruded copper sulfate affects the growth performance, meat quality, and copper bioavailability of broiler chickens
- Source :
- Animal Bioscience. 35:484-493
- Publication Year :
- 2022
- Publisher :
- Asian Australasian Association of Animal Production Societies, 2022.
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Abstract
- Objective: This study was conducted to evaluate the effects of the supplementation of diets of broiler chickens with hot-melt extruded CuSO4 (HME-Cu) on their growth performance, nutrient digestibility, gut microbiota, small intestinal morphology, meat quality, and copper (Cu) bioavailability.Methods: A total of 225 broilers (Ross 308), one-day old and initial weight 39.14 g, were weighed and distributed between 15 cages (15 birds per cage) in a completely randomized experimental design with 3 treatments (diets) and 5 replicates per treatment. Cages were allotted to three treatments including control (without supplemental Cu), IN-Cu (16 mg/kg of CuSO4), and HME-Cu (16 mg/kg of HME processed CuSO4).Results: The HME-Cu treatment tended to increase the overall body weight gain (p
Details
- ISSN :
- 27650235 and 27650189
- Volume :
- 35
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Animal Bioscience
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....c8f36949c1ee9afe5ce6cdb2dd47603b