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Concepts of Dairy & Veterinary Sciences

Research Article(ISSN: 2637-4749)

Productivity of Broiler Chickens Fed Diets Containing Dry Lime Fruit Pomace and Organic Acid Blend

Volume 2 - Issue 4

Eugenes K Ndelekwute*, Effiong B Essien, Uduak L Unah and Deborah C. Iwunna

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    • Department of Animal Scicnce, University of Uyo, Uyo, Nigeria

    *Corresponding author: Eugenes K Ndelekwute, Department of Animal Scicnce, University of Uyo, Uyo, Nigeria

Received: April 09, 2019;   Published: April 22, 2019

DOI: 10.32474/CDVS.2018.02.000145

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Abstract

An experiment was conducted to determine the dietary effect of dry lime fruit pomace and a blend (1:1) of synthetic organic acids (citric and ascorbic acids) on growth performance and internal organs of broiler chickens. One hundred and twenty (120) day old Hubbard chicks were used. There were 4 dietary treatments (T1,T2,T3,T4) replicated three times and each replicate had 10 birds. T1 was the control diet which had no lime fruit pomace, citric acid and ascorbic acid blend. T2 contained 5% dry lime fruit pomace, T3 contained 0.5% of the organic acids blend and T4 contained 5% lime fruit pomace and 0.5% of the citric and ascorbic acids blend. The test materials were incorporated into starter and finisher diets. Feed and water were supplied ad libitum for 49 days the experiment lasted. Starter phase lasted for 28 days and finisher for 21 days. At the starter phase organic acids blend improved live weight and feed intake, while feeding pomace alone and mixture of pomace and organic acids blend reduced final live weight. At the finisher phase, organic acids blend gave the best live weight while pomace and mixture of pomace and organic acids blend reduced it. Mixture of pomace and organic acids blend reduced feed intake which was improved by organic acids blend. Higher bile volume, lower small intestine and caecum resulted from feeding of pomace and organic acids blends. In conclusion, citric and ascorbic acids blend showed positive influence on productivity of broilers and they are recommended.

Keywords: Ascorbic Acid; Broiler Chickens; Citric Acid; Dry Lime Fruit Pomace; Growth Performance

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