Title
Effect of treatment of broiler litter with aluminosilicate
Other title
Efecto del tratamiento de la cama con un aluminosilicato en pollos de carne
Date Issued
01 January 2009
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Publisher(s)
Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Abstract
The present study aimed to evaluate the effect of treating broiler litter with active aluminosilicate on productive parameters of broiler chickens. Four hundred broilers Ross 308 of both sexes were reared for 44 days. Half of them were reared on litter treated with aluminosilicate and the other half on untreated litter. Productive performance of chicks and ammonia concentrations, atmospheric ph, litter ph, and moisture ratio of the litter were evaluated on a weekly basis. Additionally, lesions in breast and foot pads were also evaluated. Body weight gain, feed conversion index, and productive efficiency index were statistically similar between the two groups. No breast lesions were observed and the degree of lesions in foot pads was similar in the two groups. The ammonia concentrations, atmospheric ph, and litter ph were higher in the non-treated litter group showing that the litter treatment with aluminosilicate was effective in controlling ammonia levels, despite no effect was observed in the productive performance.
Start page
213
End page
220
Volume
20
Issue
2
Language
Spanish
OCDE Knowledge area
Ciencia veterinaria
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85047068543
Source
Revista de Investigaciones Veterinarias del Peru
ISSN of the container
16823419
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
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