Effect of Feeding Bamboo Salt on Growth Performance, Carcass Composition and Blood Profile of Broilers
2017
Goh, Y.G., Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Republic of Korea | Jang, D.G., Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Republic of Korea | Kong, Y.J., Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Republic of Korea | Kim, H.J., Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Republic of Korea | Jang, A., Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, Republic of Korea
This study investigated the effect of bamboo salt (BS) on body gain, feed intake, meat composition, and blood characteristics of broiler chicks. BS was processed by roasting salt at 1,200∼1,300 Celsius in a bamboo container, with the open end plugged with red clay. In total, 120 broiler chicks were assigned to four treatments. Each treatment was triplicated, with 10 chicks in each treatment group. The supplementation levels of the three BS-treated feeds were 0.1, 0.2, and 0.3%. Body weight gain slightly increased in broiler chicks fed diets supplemented with BS compared to that of the control during the overall test period. However, no significant differences were observed among treatments. Feed intake was also not significantly different among treatments. Feed efficiency was significantly (p less than 0.05) improved in broiler chicks fed diets supplemented with BS compared to that of the control. Body weight gain was more positively affected by the dietary BS supplement at the beginning of the experimental period than toward the end. Water intake was positively correlated with the dietary 0.3% BS level (p less than 0.05). Breast meat composition and cholesterol levels were also not affected by BS supplementation. The total protein, albumin, glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase (GOT), glutamic-pyruvic transaminase (GPT), and total cholesterol levels in the blood were not significantly different among treatments.
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