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| Author(s): |
Cristiano Bortoluzzi
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: | 2014-02-04 |
| Examining board members: |
José Fernando Machado Menten;
Jovanir Inês Müller Fernandes;
Valdomiro Shigueru Miyada
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| Advisor: | José Fernando Machado Menten |
| Abstract | |
The objective was to evaluate increasing level of hops ?-acids in the feed on performance of broiler chickens. A pen trial using 1440 one-day old chickens, from 1 to 42 days, with 6 treatments and 6 replicates was conducted (Experiment 1). The experimental treatments were: negative control, basal diet; positive control, basal diet supplemented with zinc bacitracin, 30 mg/kg; and basal diet supplemented with 30, 60, 120 or 240 mg/kg of hops ?-acids, for 4 additional treatments. The corn soybean meal basal diet was formulated with inclusion of 5% poultry by-product meal and 5% wheat bran. At 7 days of age all birds were vaccinated against coccidiosis. The chickens and the feed were weighted weekly to calculate the performance. In the second experiment, the objective was to evaluate the supplementation of hops ?-acids on performance and the balance of intestinal microbiota of broilers, following challenge with Eimeria acervulina and E. tenella. A pen trial using 1440 one-day-old chickens, from 1 to 42 days, with 6 treatments and 6 replicates was conducted. The experimental treatments were: negative control, basal diet; positive control, basal diet supplemented witn zinc bacitracin, 30 mg/kg; negative controle + challenge; Positive control + challenge; negative control supplemented with 30 mg/kg of hops ?-acids + challenge; negative control supplemented with 240 mg/kg of hops ?-acids + challenge. The corn soybean meal basal diet was formulated with inclusion of 5% poultry byproduct meal. At 14 days of age, the birds in treatments 3, 4, 5 and 6 were challenged with 2x105 and 5x104 oocists of Eimeria acervulina and E. tenella, respectively. The chickens and the feed were weighted weekly to calculate the performance. At 21 and 35 days of age, the small intestine and ceca content was collected to analyze the intestinal microbiota, using molecular techniques. In the first experiment, at 21 days of age the treatment with 30 or 60 mg/kg of ?-acids had the same performance of chickens in positive control. At 42 days, the treatments containing 30 or 240 mg/kg of ?-acids and positive control had improved feed conversion. In the second experiment, there was worse performance in broilers chickens challenged with coccidiosis and the additives were not able to oppose this situation. There was increase in the Clostridium population in the small intestine at 21 days, due to challenge, however, the highest level of ?-acids decreasead this genus. At 35 days, the coccidiosis did not alter the bacterial community in the small intestine, although the ceca had higher level of Bacteroides. The hops ?-acids have the potential to be used in the diets of broiler chickens, under low level of challenge, and to proliferation of Clostridium, although ineffective against Eimeria. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 12/09226-9 - Characterization of intestinal microbiota of broilers supplemented with hops beta-acids. |
| Grantee: | Cristiano Bortoluzzi |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Master |