Effects of a blend of chestnut and quebracho tannins on gut health and performance of broiler chickens.

ABSTRACT: Antimicrobial restrictions prompted the search for cost and biologically effective alternatives to replace antimicrobial growth promoters (AGPs) in food-producing animals. In addition, the efficacy of this alternatives needs to be contrasted in field/commercial trials under different challenge conditions. However only a few studies describing the impact of tannins or others AGP-alternatives in commercial poultry production conditions are actually available. The aim of the present work is to study how the inclusion of a blend of chestnut and quebracho tannins can affect broiler productive performance and health under commercial conditions. Three experiments with different approaches were conducted: (1) a trial comparing the effects of both additives (tannins vs AGP) on different commercial

SUBMITTER: Redondo EA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8782372 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature