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Abstract This study was conducted to assess the influence of supplementing broiler diets with a commercial biochar on productive performance, pH of digestive organs, cecum short chain fatty acid (SCFA)… Click to show full abstract
Abstract This study was conducted to assess the influence of supplementing broiler diets with a commercial biochar on productive performance, pH of digestive organs, cecum short chain fatty acid (SCFA) profile and bacterial community. 720 one day-old male Ross 308 broilers were fed with the following diets at starter (1–21 days) and grower-finisher period (22–42 days): control diet (0 g/kg of inclusion on diet of biochar, CTR) or 30 g/kg of inclusion of biochar. Regarding performance results, at the starter period animals fed a diet with biochar showed lower daily weight gain (DWG, P = 0.045) and higher feed conversion ratio (FCR, P = 0.034) but similar feed intake (FI, P = 0.928) compared to CTR. At the grower-finisher period, feeding broilers with biochar promoted an increase on DWG (P
Journal Title: Animal Feed Science and Technology
Year Published: 2021
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