Effect of Adding Chicory Fructans in Feed on Broiler Growth Performance, Serum Cholesterol and Intestinal Length
By Yusrizal, T. C. Chen. 2003
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This study was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of adding chicory fructans in feed on growth performance, intestinal length and structure of the broiler chicken. Inulin or oligofructose improved (P< 0.05) body weight gain, feed conversion, carcass weight, carcass percentage and increased the gut length of female birds. The beta fructans also reduced (P<0.05) serum cholesterol and abdominal fat of broilers. Inulin as well as oligofructose treated females had a more dense jejunum villi distribution in the small intestine.
Subfields: Animal Science and Zoology, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Nutrition and Dietetics
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Citations in the corpus
- Dietary modulation of gut microflora in broiler chickens: a review of the role of six kinds of alternatives to in-feed antibiotics (2009, background): “In the report by Yusrizal and Chen (2003), body weight and feed conversion ratio (FCR) of female birds were improved by 10% and 9%, respectively, on oligofructose treatment but no such effects were observed in males.”
- Effect of probiotic (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) on performance of broiler chicks (2009, unknown): “Recent report suggested that feeding of chicory beta fructans – an oligosaccharide, a prebiotic, reduced the serum cholesterol and abdominal fat of broiler chicken (35).”
- Influence of Prebiotics Supplementation on Lipid Profile of Broilers (2005, background): “Key words: Prebiotics, broiler chicken, serum lipid profile, abdominal fat pad”
- Probiotics and prebiotics in animal feeding for safe food production. (2010, background): “By feeding chicory fructans to broilers, Yusrizal and Chen (2003a) showed an improvement in weight gain, feed conversion, carcass weight and serum cholesterol decrease; additionally, the supplementation of fructans resulted in increase of lactobacilli counts in the gastrointestinal tract and…”