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Effect of the commercial product Lumance™, a combination of partly esterified organic acids and plant extracts, on the productive performance of broiler chickens

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 September 2014

T.M.A. Taha ,
H. Zakaria ,
M. Jalal  and
S. Bauwens
T.M.A. Taha
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Production, Faculty of Agriculture, The University of Jordan, Amman-11942, Jordan
H. Zakaria
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Production, Faculty of Agriculture, The University of Jordan, Amman-11942, Jordan
M. Jalal
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Production, Faculty of Agriculture, The University of Jordan, Amman-11942, Jordan
S. Bauwens*
Affiliation:
INNOVAD NV; Postbaan 69, 2910 Essen, BELGIUM
*
Corresponding author:[email protected]
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Summary

The present study was conducted to determine the effect of dietary supplementation of organic acids combined with synergistic components, using a commercial product Lumance™ (Innovad NV, Belgium) containing esterified butyrins, propionic acid and sorbic acid, with medium chain fatty acids (capric, caprylic, and lauric acid) and plant extracts, on the productive performance and mortality of growing broiler chickens. A total of 492, one day old broiler chicks (Ross 308) were randomly allocated to four experimental treatments either with an unsupplemented control or 0.05, 0.1 or 0.15% organic acid mixture in a pelleted corn/soyabean meal diet, which were offered ad libitum until 35 days of age. Results showed that birds in the 0.1% supplemented diet group gave significantly higher (P < 0.05) body weights during the first two weeks of age and increased weight gain during the first three weeks of age. The inclusion had no effect on broiler mortality.

Keywords

broilerorganic acidbutyrateperformancemortalityLumance™
Type
Original Research
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Journal of Applied Animal Nutrition , Volume 2 , 2013 , e14
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press and Journal of Applied Animal Nutrition Ltd. 2014 

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