Effect of economase replacing vitamin E and selenium on growth performance and meat quality of broilers

Authors : Hasan Rüştü KUTLU, Ladine Baykal ÇELİK, Gökhan FİLİK, Ayfer Bozkurt KİRAZ, Harun Cinli, Özcan YÜCELT, Yusuf UZUN

Pages : 67-73

Doi:10.31015/jaefs.18011

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Publication Date : 2018-09-20

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :One hundred, one-day-old male broiler chicks insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Ross 308); were allocated in five treatment groups; control insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(100 mg/kg Vit E);, 20 mg/kg Vit E, 20 mg/kg Vit E +Economase; 40 mg/kg Vit E, 40 mg/kg Vit E+Economase. The birds were fed ad libitum for 42 days in individual cages. Body weight gain, food intake, food efficiency insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(gain/food intake); and carcass weight were measured.  Breast and thigh meats were sampled for TBARS evaluation, blood samples were taken for biochemical parameters. No significant differences between growth performances of treatment groups were observed. Drip loss was not affected significantly insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(P>0.05);, but water holding capacity was lower insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(P<0.05); at 20 mg/kg Vit E in contrast to the control and the other treatments groups receiving 20 or 40 mg/kg vit E with Economase. Blood total antioxidant capacity in control groups was significantly insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(P<0.05); higher than the treatment groups. TBARS values of the groups receiving 100 mg/kg vitamin E or 40 mg/kg Vitamin E plus Economase found to be lower. The results suggest that vitamin E level in the commercial broiler diets could be reduced to 40 mg/kg using Economase at 200 mg/kg without loss in the growth performance, meat quality and also oxidative stability.     
Keywords : Vitamin E, selenium, broiler, meat, performance