Dietary effects of sophorolipids on nutrient bioavailability and intestinal microenvironments in broiler chickens.

ABSTRACT: Using antibiotics as growth promoter has been banned in poultry feed industry, thus various researchers try to seek an alternative to replace the growth-promoting antibiotics. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the growth performance via intestinal nutrient utilization and cecal microbial composition of broiler after dietary supplementation with most commonly using antibiotics, zinc bacitracin, and sophorolipid. A total of 180 1-day-old chicks were randomly assigned, and dietary treatment was as follow: CON, basal diet; ZB, 100 ppm of zinc bacitracin supplemented diet; and SPL, 250 ppm of sophorolipid supplemented diet. Their growth performance was evaluated and the samples of blood, small intestine, and ileal and cecal digesta were collected for biochemical, histological, and genomic ana

SUBMITTER: Kwak MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9890333 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature