Sep 14, 2011 - glycerides and salinomycin sodium on serum lipids and carcass characteristics in Ross 308 broiler chickens. 800 broiler chickens were raised ...
The effect of butyric acid glycerides on serum lipids and carcass analysis of broiler chickens Mehrdad Irani1*, Shahabodin Gharahveysi1, Reza Rahmatian2, Mona Zamani1 and Vahid Rezai Pour1 1
Department of Animal Science, Qaemshahr Branch Islamic Azad University, , Qaemshahr, Iran. 2 Young Researchers Club, Islamic Azad University, Shabestar Branch, Iran. Accepted 21 July, 2011
A worldwide concern about the development of antimicrobial resistance led to the banning of the use of antibiotics as growth promoters. This research was carried out to investigate the effect of butyric acid glycerides and salinomycin sodium on serum lipids and carcass characteristics in Ross 308 broiler chickens. 800 broiler chickens were raised for 42 days. The experiment was conducted in a 2 × 2 × 2 factorial design with 4 replicates of 25 broilers each. The experimental factors were butyric acid glycerides in two levels (0 and 0.3% of the diet), salinomycin sodium- an anticoccidial drug in two levels (0 and 0.5% of the diet) and litter moisture in two levels (normal litter with average moisture of 35% and wet litter with average moisture of 75%). The level serum cholesterol decreased at 14 and 35 days of age, but this reduction was only significant at 35 days of age (p
