The Effects of Medium Chain Fatty Acids in Mash and Crumbled Pellet Diets on Growth Performance of Broilers

Nichols, G. E.; Wecker, Haley K.; Evans, Caitlin E.; Jones, Cassandra K; Stark, Charles R.; Paulk, Chad B.

doi:10.4148/2378-5977.8158

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“…Synergistic effects of MCFAs combined with EOs on broiler production in terms of improved final BWG and FCR have been documented (Bansal et al., 2018; Nguyen et al., 2018; Timmerman et al., 2006), which may be in agreement with this study even though there was no difference in FI among the treatments and in comparison to the control. Conversely, some research studies showed no performance improvement when broilers received MCFAs in comparison to the control broilers and broiler‐fed antibiotics (Nichols et al., 2021; Shokrollahi et al., 2014).…”

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Comparative effects of medium‐chain fatty acids or phytobiotics‐based feed additives on performance, caecum microbiota, volatile fatty acid production and intestinal morphology of broilers

Ceylan,

Yenice,

Yavaş

et al. 2023

Veterinary Medicine & Sci

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Antibiotic growth promoters have been utilized in broiler nutrition to alleviate the negative effects of the pathogenic microbes to promote performance. However, after the prohibition of antibiotics because of the increasing disclosure related to public health issues, various products have been developed as alternatives. This study was carried out to determine the effects of medium‐chain fatty acids (MCFAs) or phytobiotics (essential oils [EOs] and alkaloids [ALKs]), blended feed additives on the growth performance, jejunum histomorphology, and cecal microbiota of broiler chickens. A total of 765 male Ross 308 chicks were randomly distributed into 5 experimental groups, each having 9 replicates with 17 chicks. The experimental procedures were as follows: a control group without supplementation (T1); control group+ MCFAs and EOs blend (T2); control group+ different EOs blend (T3); control group+ ALK sanguinarine (T4); and control group+ EOs and ALK piperine mixture (T5). The results showed that, broilers fed with MCFAs blended with EOs had significantly greater body weight gain during overall period in comparision to the control and T3 groups. Further, only MCFAs blended with EOs group significantly improved jejnum morphology in comparison with the control group (p ≤ 0.05). Besides, the MCFAs blended with EOs group significantly elevated propionate, acetate and butyrate concentration, and decreased the concentration of branch chain fatty acids in caecum (p ≤ 0.05). The results indicated that, the combination of MCFAs and EOs seems to have improvement effects and could be preferred as an efficient feed additive in broiler production.

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