Title
Effect of supplementation with copper sources on broiler performance, intestinal morphology and liver copper content
Other title
Efecto de la suplementación con fuentes de cobre sobre el comportamiento productivo, morfometría intestinal y nivel de cobre hepático en pollos de carne
Date Issued
01 January 2014
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Publisher(s)
Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Abstract
This study aimed to evaluate the effect of different copper sources on broiler performance, intestinal morphology and liver copper contents. Two hundred one-day old Cobb 500 male chicks were randomly distributed into five groups, using 4 replicatesand 10 birds per replicate. The treatments were: T1, basal diet containing antibiotic (positive control); T2, basal diet without antibiotic (negative control); T3, as T2 + 250 ppm Cu from copper sulphate; T4, as T2 + 250 ppm Cu from copper oxychloride; T5, T2 + 250 ppm Cu from tribasic copper chloride. No significant differences were found between treatments on final body weight, daily body weight gain, cost/benefit ratio and carcass yield. The lowest feed intake and the best feed efficiency were observed in T2 as compared to T1 and T2 (p<0.05). The highest copper content in liver occurred in T5 (p<0.05). Copper supplements affected villus height and area in jejunum as compared to the control groups. It is concluded that supplementation with 250 ppm Cu from copper sulphate improves feed efficiency and that copper supplementation regardless the source affected intestinal morphology.
Start page
16
End page
28
Volume
25
Issue
1
Language
Spanish
OCDE Knowledge area
Ciencia veterinaria
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84896946613
Source
Revista de Investigaciones Veterinarias del Peru
ISSN of the container
16823419
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