Salmonella fecal excretion control in broiler chickens by organic acids and essential oils blend feed added

An experiment was conducted to evaluate the effects of Bio strong Forte (BF) on the performance of broiler chickens. The BF is a commercial blend of essential oils and organic acids. Five hundred and forty (540) day old Ross broiler chicks were used in the feeding trial. The birds were randomly distributed into five treatments, each replicated thrice with 36 chicks per replicate. T1 is the control; T2, T3 and T4 had 50, 75 and 100g BF per 100kg feed, respectively while T5 had Oxytetracycline (AGP) 60g/100kg of feed. The five diets were supplied ad libitum to birds for 42 days. Parameters collected were growth performance indices, haematological parameters, liver function indices, and carcass quality. All data were subjected to analysis of variance and significant (P

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Effects of encapsulated organic acids and essential oils on intestinal barrier, microbial count, and bacterial metabolites in broiler chickens

Poultry Science ◽

10.3382/ps/pez031 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 98 (7) ◽

pp. 2858-2865 ◽

Cited By ~ 16

Author(s):

Xin Yang ◽

Yanli Liu ◽

Fang Yan ◽

Chengbo Yang ◽

Xiaojun Yang

Keyword(s):

Organic Acids ◽

Essential Oils ◽

Broiler Chickens ◽

Intestinal Barrier ◽

Microbial Count ◽

Bacterial Metabolites

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Effects of Microencapsulated Blends of Organics Acids (OA) and Essential Oils (EO) as a Feed Additive for Broiler Chicken. A Focus on Growth Performance, Gut Morphology and Microbiology

Animals ◽

10.3390/ani10030442 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 10 (3) ◽

pp. 442 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Alessandro Stamilla ◽

Antonino Messina ◽

Sabrina Sallemi ◽

Lucia Condorelli ◽

Francesco Antoci ◽

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Keyword(s):

Organic Acids ◽

Essential Oils ◽

Growth Performance ◽

Clostridium Perfringens ◽

Broiler Chickens ◽

Average Daily Gain ◽

Feed Additive ◽

Feed Conversion ◽

Gut Morphology ◽

Dietary Treatments

The goal of the trial was testing the effects of a blend of organic acids and essential oils dietary supplementation on growth performance and gut healthiness in broiler chickens. In total, 420 male Ross 308 chicks (1-day old) were randomly assigned to two dietary treatments: basal (BD) and organic acids and essential oils (OA&EO) diets (three replicates/treatment; 70 broilers/replicate). BD group received commercial diets whereas OA&EO group basal diets + 5 g/kg of microencapsulated organic acids and essential oils. OA&EO treatment improved the average daily gain (p < 0.01) and feed conversion ratio at 37–47 days compared to BD treatment. OA&EO treatment improved gut morphology mostly at ileum and duodenum levels in terms of villi height, crypt depth, number of villi, mucosa thickness and villi area at 24 and 34 sampling days. A certain selective action against Clostridium perfringens in ileum of OA&EO group was shown at 33 (p = 0.053) and 46 days (p = 0.09) together with lower median values for Enterobacteriaceae, Enterococci, Mesophilic bacteria and Clostridium perfringens at ceca level. Overall, organic acids and essential oils supplementation improved growth performance in the final growth stage and some morphological gut traits and reduced to a certain extent Clostridium perfringens count in ileum.

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