Desempenho de frangos de corte alimentados com dietas contendo diformiato de potássio

Abstract

IV (0, 3, 6, Palavras-chave: ácido-base, balanço eletrolítico, desempenhozootécnico. (0, 3, 6, ABSTRACT The use of prohibited antibiotics as growth promoters additives caused great impacts on poultry, bringing the need for the development of new additives. The diformiate potassium (DK), a salt of formic acid, is emerging as one of those alternatives. This experiment was conducted to evaluate the action of DK on the performance of broilers. One thousand and eight hundred broilers male of Ross 308 breed, distributed into two trials of 900 birds each, and then randomly separated by five treatments with six replications, in a completely randomized experimental design, The treatments consisted by inclusion of increasing levels of DK to the diets