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| Author(s): |
Pricila Vetrano Rizzo
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Master's Dissertation |
| Press: | Piracicaba. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz (ESALA/BC) |
| Defense date: | 2008-08-27 |
| Examining board members: |
José Fernando Machado Menten;
Ricardo de Albuquerque;
Valdomiro Shigueru Miyada
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| Advisor: | José Fernando Machado Menten |
| Abstract | |
Two trials were carried out to evaluate different blends of plants extracts in broilers diets. Dietary treatments were fed to 1,350 one-day-old male Cobb chicks distributed in a randomized complete block design with six repetitions. The experimental diets were: NC - negative control (basal diet); PC - positive control, NC with 10 ppm of avilamycin; BPE1 - NC with 200 ppm of a blend containing natural essential oils of clove, thyme, cinnamon and capsicum microencapsulated; BPE2 - NC with a commercial product containing 100 ppm of synthetic cinnamaldehyde and carvacrol and natural capsicum oleoresin microencapsulated; BPE3 - NC with 500 ppm of commercial product containing eucalypt oil, essential oil of Chinese cinnamon, leaves of Chilene boldo and seeds of fenu-Greek in the initial phase and 1200 ppm in the grower and finisher phases. The amount of Eimeria oocist in the litter was analyzed before and after the trials and the results were negative to the presence of Eimeria oocist. Weight gain, feed intake, feed conversion, viability, uniformity at 42 days of age and carcass characteristics were evaluated. At 23 days of age, 80 chickens, raised at the same conditions and receiving the same diets as the chickens from the performance trial, were transferred to metabolic cages in a randomized complete block design and four repetitions. From 27 to 30 days of age, the total excreta collection method was applied to determine the apparent metabolizable energy and the crude protein digestibility of the dietary treatments. Four chickens from each treatment were sacrificed to evaluate relative weight of proventriculus, gizzard, liver, pancreas and small intestine. The length of the small intestine was also determined. The statistical analyses were carried out by SAS and the means were compared using the Dunnet test. The dietary utilization of plants extracts had no effect on parameters evaluated when compared to NC or PC. Possibly, the lack of challenge at poultry house and the high digestibility of the experimental diets made undetectable any improvement that could be shown by the inclusion of additives in the diet. It can be concluded that in these experimental conditions, the chickens fed on BPE1, BPE2 or BPE3 diets showed the same performance than NC or PC diets. (AU) | |