Effects of Enzyme and Organic Acid in Wheat and Corn Based diets on Performance and Intestinal Morphology of Broilers

Document Type : Scientific - Research Articles

Authors

Mohammad Hossein Shahir ¹

Saeid Moradi ²

omed afsareyan ³

afshin hey darei nya ³

¹ Department of Animal Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Zanjan University, Zanjan, Iran.

² Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Zanjan University, Zanjan, Iran

³ Ferdowsi University of Mashhad

10.22067/ijasr.v3i4.12541

Abstract

The aim of the present experiment was to determine the effects of Grindazym enzyme (0 or 0.4 g/kg diet) and
sodium butyrate (0 or 2 g/kg diet) addition in corn and wheat based diets on performance, carcass traits, and
intestinal morphology of broiler chickens. A total of 480 male Arbor Acres chickens were assigned to 8 dietary
treatments, and each treatment was included 4 replicate, with 15 birds per each replicate (pen). The experiment
was performed in a 2×2×2 factorial trial based on completely randomized design. At the end of experiment, 2
birds from each pen were randomly selected and slaughtered by cervical dislocation. Results showed that the
type of cereal in the basal diet, the enzyme and sodium butyrate had significance (P

Keywords

corn

wheat

Enzyme

Sodium butyrate

Broiler chicken

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