Performance, carcass, gastrointestinal tract and meat quality traits, and selected blood parameters of broilers fed diets supplemented with humic substances

Öztürk E., Ocak N., Turan A., Erener G., Altop A., ÇANKAYA S.

JOURNAL OF THE SCIENCE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE, cilt.92, sa.1, ss.59-65, 2012 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 92 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2012
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1002/jsfa.4541
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF THE SCIENCE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.59-65
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: poultry, chickens for fattening, feed additive, organic acid, blood metabolite, chemical composition, HUMATE SUPPLEMENTATION, EGG-PRODUCTION, ACID, GROWTH, STRESS, COLOR, WATER
  • Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

BACKGROUND: The effects of humic substances (HS) on quality traits (colour, water-holding capacity, and pH) of breast and thigh meats and on blood minerals (calcium and phosphorus) and on metabolites (glucose, total protein, triglyceride and cholesterols) as well as on the performance, carcass, and gastrointestinal tract (gut) traits of broilers were studied. In total, 480 male chicks (ROSS 308) were allocated to four treatments, each with five replicates containing 24 birds. While control birds were fed a diet (mash form) with no additives (0 HS), other treatment birds were fed with diets containing HS at 0.5 (0.5 HS), 1.0 (1 HS) or 1.5 (1.5 HS) g kg-1 from 1 to 42 days of age.