Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.33128/k.61.2.1
The influence of the prebiotic mannan-oligosaccharides (Actigen™) on fattening indicators and mortality of broiler chickens
Jasna Pintar
orcid.org/0000-0002-2175-1917
; Agronomski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Zlatko Janječić
orcid.org/0000-0001-9161-024X
; Agronomski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Dalibor Bedeković
orcid.org/0000-0002-7418-3968
; Agronomski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Ksenija Gazić
; Agronomski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Marija Madjeruh
; Agronomski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Marija Duvnjak
; Agronomski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Goran Kiš
orcid.org/0000-0001-5781-0264
; Agronomski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Abstract
The aim of this study was to determine the effect of tha prebiotic mannanoligosaccharides (ActigenTM) in compound feed on production results of broiler chickens. In the study 300 male one-day old chicks hybrid Ross 308, were used randomly placed in two groups of 6 repeats. The research lasted 38 days and was divided into three periods. During the study, chickens from the control group were fed 14 days starter feed mixture (PPT-1) with 24.4% CP, 14 days with feed mixture for growing chickens (PPT-2) with 21.0% CP and 10 days with the final feed mixture (PPT-3) with 20.1% CP. The chickens of the experimental group were fed the same feed mixtures, but with ActigenTM. 800 g/t was added to PPT-1; in PPT-2 400 g/t and 200 g ActigenTM per ton of PPT-3 compound feed. Average body weights at the end of the study were 2808.86 and 2880.42 in the control and experimental group and conversion of compound feed 1.58 and 1.56 kg per kilogram of gain. Since the body weights in the experimental group were higher by 2.55% with lower conversion it could be recommended to use ActigenTM in feed mixtures for broiler chickens.
Keywords
prebiotics; mannan-oligosaccharides; ActigenTM; broilers; production results
Hrčak ID:
243352
URI
Publication date:
20.8.2020.
Visits: 1.757 *