National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692 Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
A trial was conducted to investigate the effects of dietary salts of organic acids for a period of 42 days on the serum parameters of broiler chicks. 300 commercial broiler chicks were randomly distributed into five treatments having six replicates consisting of ten birds each. A maize-soybean based diet was used as the basal diet (Control group). The basal diet was supplemented with salts of organic acids (sodium butyrate, calcium propionate @ 0.5% and 1%). Highest body weight gain (2338.2g.) was observed in the 1% sodium butyrate supplemented group and difference was significant (P<0.05) as compared to control group (1967.2g.). FCR was significantly improved in the supplemented groups as compared to control group. Inclusion of sodium butyrate and calcium propionate in the basal diet significantly increased serum phosphorus level while supplementation of organic acids showed no significant (P>0.05) difference in the concentration of serum cholesterol, triglycerides, HDL, LDL and calcium in all the treated groups. Dietary acidification significantly improved the haemoglobin value and RBC count and lowered the heterophils number.
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