Administration of clinoptilolite to broiler chickens during growth and its effect on the growth rate and bone metabolism indicators
2008
Strakova, E.,Veterinarni a Farmaceuticka Univ., Brno (Czech Republic). Ustav Vyzivy, Zootechniky a Zoohygieny | Pospisil, R.,Univerzita Palackeho, Olomouc (Czech Republic). Katedra Financniho Prava, Narodniho Hospodarstvi a Ekonomiky | Suchy, P.,Veterinarni a Farmaceuticka Univ., Brno (Czech Republic). Ustav Vyzivy, Zootechniky a Zoohygieny | Steinhauser, L.,Veterinarni a Farmaceuticka Univ., Brno (Czech Republic). Ustav Vyzivy, Zootechniky a Zoohygieny | Herzig, I.,Veterinarni a Farmaceuticka Univ., Brno (Czech Republic). Ustav Vyzivy, Zootechniky a Zoohygieny
The growth rate and bone metabolism indicators were monitored in one-day-old broiler chickens ROSS 308 receiving the feed supplemented with clinoptilolite. The animals, divided into control (C) and experimental (E) groups with 100 males and 100 females per group, received the complete feed mixture BR1 from 1 to 10 days of age, followed by the feed mixture BR2 until the age of 30 days, and the feed mixture BR3 until the end of the experiment (40 days). The feed mixtures of the experimental group were supplemented with clinoptilolite at a level of 0.5% (BR1), 1.5% (BR2) and 2.5% (BR3), replacing the corresponding portion of wheat. At the end of the experiment, live weights of E females (2,416 g) and males (2,829 g) were higher than those of C females (2,345 g) and males (2,694 g) by 3% and 5%, respectively. Significant differences in the live weight between groups were found from the age of 30 days. At the age of 40 days, the chickens were slaughtered and the femur and tibiotarsus of the right leg were analysed for the content of dry matter, ash, Ca, P and Mg. The ash content in dry matter ranged from 53.0 to 54.1% in group C and from 51.7 to 53.2% in group E. The Ca and P contents in dry matter in group E were lower than those in group C, except for Ca and P in the male tibiotarsus. In both groups, regardless of sex, the ash content was higher in the tibiotarsus than in the femur. Ash, Ca, P and Mg were determined in the fat-free dry matter. The trends found in the originally determined dry matter were maintained, i.e. lower levels of ash, Ca, and P in the E group, except for male Ca in both kinds of bones. The corresponding levels in the fat-free dry matter were relatively higher as compared to the original dry matter. The results of the study showed that up to 2.5% of clinoptilolite in the diet had no adverse effect on performance and bone metabolism indicators of growing broiler chickens.
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