Butyric and valeric glycerides alleviate sub-clinical necrotic enteritis effect on performance and gut health of broiler chickens.

ABSTRACT: Organic acids are readily absorbed in the upper gastrointestinal tract, which hinders their optimal delivery to segments where gut health issues mostly occur. Glycerol esters of butyric and valeric acid (BVg) are known for their capacity to release acids within the small intestine. This study evaluated the impact of BVg on the performance and gut health of broilers under a sub-clinical necrotic enteritis (NE) challenge. A total of 1200 Cobb 500 chicks were assigned to four treatments: 1) UC- unchallenged control, 2) CC- NE challenged control, 3) BVg- CC plus BVg (1000, 500, 250 g/ton in starter, grower, and finisher phases), and 4) ANT- CC plus zinc bacitracin and salinomycin. NE challenge was induced via oral gavaging of Eimeria spp. vaccine (d9) and Clostridium perfringens (d14 and d15).

SUBMITTER: Sumon SMR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12266499 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature