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
Abstract 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...
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| description | Abstract 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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| spelling | doaj.art-ac9bc535f8a043108cefc402df9c70eb2023-11-15T15:57:30ZengWileyVeterinary Medicine and Science2053-10952023-11-01962719273010.1002/vms3.1249Comparative effects of medium‐chain fatty acids or phytobiotics‐based feed additives on performance, caecum microbiota, volatile fatty acid production and intestinal morphology of broilersNecmettin Ceylan0Engin Yenice1İsmail Yavaş2Ali Anıl Çenesiz3Neşe Nuray Toprak4İbrahim Çiftçi5Department of Animal Science Faculty of Agriculture Ankara University Ankara TürkiyeDepartment of Animal Science Faculty of Agriculture Ankara University Ankara TürkiyeDepartment of Animal Science Faculty of Agriculture Ankara University Ankara TürkiyeDepartment of Animal Science Faculty of Agriculture Ankara University Ankara TürkiyeDepartment of Animal Science Faculty of Agriculture Ankara University Ankara TürkiyeDepartment of Animal Science Faculty of Agriculture Ankara University Ankara TürkiyeAbstract 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.https://doi.org/10.1002/vms3.1249broilermedium‐chain fatty acidessential oilalkaloidcaecum |
| spellingShingle | Necmettin Ceylan Engin Yenice İsmail Yavaş Ali Anıl Çenesiz Neşe Nuray Toprak İbrahim Çiftçi 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 Veterinary Medicine and Science broiler medium‐chain fatty acid essential oil alkaloid caecum |
| title | 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 |
| title_full | 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 |
| title_fullStr | 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 |
| title_full_unstemmed | 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 |
| title_short | 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 |
| title_sort | 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 |
| topic | broiler medium‐chain fatty acid essential oil alkaloid caecum |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1002/vms3.1249 |
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