Effect of azomite on growth performance, nutrient utilization, serum biochemical index and bone mineralization of broilers fed low protein diet

Autor: Shoaib Ahmed Pirzado, Faiz ul Hassan, Muhammad Asif Arain, Wu Zhengke, Cai Huiyi, Tesfay Hagos Haile, Liu Guohua
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Italian Journal of Animal Science, Vol 20, Iss 1, Pp 1282-1291 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1594-4077
1828-051X
1828051X
DOI: 10.1080/1828051X.2021.1953409
Popis: The present study investigated the effect of Azomite (AZO) on the growth performance, nutrient utilisation, and bone mineralisation of broilers fed low protein diet. A total number of 180 one-day-old male chicks were randomly distributed to three treatment groups having six replicates of 10 birds each. Experimental diets included; positive control (PC) with 21.5% CP (starter) and 19.0% CP (finisher), negative control (NC) with 2% lower CP than PC in each period and treatment group (AZO-0.25) in which NC was supplemented with 0.25% AZO. Azomite significantly (p .05) higher in NC. Azomite improved the digestibility of dry matter (DM), crude protein (CP), apparent metabolisable energy (AME), calcium (Ca) and phosphorus (P) (p
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