The Effect of Starch and Carrageenan in Diets on Metabolizable Energy in Broiler Chicks | ||
| Veterinary Medical Journal (Giza) | ||
| Volume 62, Issue 4, October 2016, Pages 77-82 PDF (1.87 M) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/vmjg.2016.365356 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Mostafa Shalaby* 1; Ahmed Aldiry2; Riad Kussaibati2 | ||
| 1Pharmacology Department, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt | ||
| 2Department of Animal Production, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Hama University, Syria | ||
| Abstract | ||
| This manuscript was performed to study the effect of starch and carrageenan on metabolizing energy in broiler chicks. The experiment was carried out using 120 unsexed chicks of a commercial broiler breed. Chicks were distributed into four groups, each group divided into 6 subgroups and each subgroup contained 5 chicks. All chicks were fed directly after hatching different diets as follows: chicks in the 1st group was given normal broiler diet and used as a control. In the 2nd group, chicks were given basal broiler diet containing 5% starch. Chicks in the 3rd group were given basal broiler diet containing 5% carrageenan. In the 4th group, chicks were fed on broiler diet containing 2.5% starch plus 2.5% carrageenan. Chicks in all groups were fed different diets directly after hatching until end of the experiment (7 days). The results showed that addition of 5% starch to the diet improved metabolizable energy; gave the best weight of chicks at age 7 days and significantly (P≤0.01) improved feed conversion ratio as compared with the control group and with addition of 5% carrageenan or addition of 2.5% starch and 2.5% carrageenan. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Starch; Carrageenan; Metabolizable energy; Broiler chicks Early feeding; Productive efficiency | ||
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