The effect of the acidulant Agrocid super on some clinical and biochemical indices of meat chickens | Efectul acidifiantului Agrocid super asupra unor indici clinici si biochimici la puii de carne
2013
Voinitchi, E., Universitatea Agrara de Stat din Moldova, Chisinau (Republic of Moldova)
The purpose of our researches consists in evaluating the effect of the acidulant Agrocid super on the main productive indices of meat chickens. The investigations were conducted on 2 groups of chickens (a control group and an experimental group, each of 28,560 Ros-308 broiler chickens, during a period of 50 days). The preparation Agrocid super, containing organic acids (acetic, lactic, propionic and formic acids) was administered in drinking water at a concentration of 0.5 g/l in the first days of life, at the age of 10 15; 26 - 31 days and in the last week before slaughtering (45-50 days). The analysis of the obtained results showed the following findings: reduced morbidity of chickens from the experimental group - 8% compared to 10.7% (control group). The lethality rate constituted 4.94% (experimental group) and 5.2% (control group). At the age of 42 days the chickens which received acidulant reached a body weight by 80g higher compared to control group. Also, some hematological and biochemical indices tended to increase because of the intensification of metabolic processes.
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