@article{article_447029, title={Effects of Dietary Butyric Acid Inclusion in Different Source of Grains Based Diets on Growth Performance and Intestinal Histomorphology in Broiler Chickens}, journal={Journal of Poultry Research}, volume={15}, pages={1–5}, year={2018}, author={Hakan Koksal, Bekir and Sacakli, Pinar and Ergun, Ahmet and Gurol Bayraktaroglu, Alev}, keywords={Broiler,Butyric acid,Intestinal histomorphology,Grains,Performance}, abstract={<p class="MsoNormal"> <span lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us">This study
was conducted to determine the effects of butyric acid addition in corn-based
or wheat/barley-based diets on growth performance and intestinal morphology of
broilers. Two hundred and forty one-day old male broiler (Ross-308) chicks were
assigned to 4 treatments in 2 × 2 factorial arrangement of dietary butyric acid
(0 and 0.2%) and grains (corn and wheat/barley) with 4 replicate pens in each
treatment, each having 15 birds. Feed and water was provided <i>ad libitum </i> throughout the experiment.
Results indicated that dietary butyric acid supplementation in wheat/barley
based diets had improving effects on body weight, body weight gain and feed
intake at day 42 of experiment (p<0.05). Moreover, the addition of butyric
acid in different source of grain based diets also improved the feed conversion
ratio of birds at days 1-21 of the trial (p<0.001). Similarly, crypt depth
of jejunum was significantly affected dietary butyric acid inclusion in birds
at 21 day of age whereas villus height was higher in birds fed wheat/barley
based diets (p<0.05 and p<0.01, respectively). In conclusion, butyric
acid supplementation to wheat/ barley based diets seems to be useful practice
for broiler chickens.  </span> </p> <p> </p>}, number={1}, publisher={Tavukçuluk Araştırma Enstitüsü Müdürlüğü}