Turkish Journal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences

Yazarlar: Ömer Hakan MUĞLALI, Mustafa SALMAN, Ayhan GACAR, Filiz AKDAĞ, Mustafa Yavuz GÜLBAHAR, Alper ÇİFTÇİ, Ertan Emek ONUK, Filiz KARADAŞ, Hüseyin ESECELİ

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Anahtar Kelimeler:SS-Hydroxy-ß-methylbutyrate,In ovo feeding,Broiler,Immunity,Performance

Özet: The effects of in ovo administration of β-hydroxy-β-methylbutyrate (HMB) on broiler performance, intestinal health, and immunity were investigated. At day 18 of incubation, fertile eggs were divided into negative (no injection) and positive (physiologic serum injection) controls and three HMB treatment groups. HMB solution was injected at 0.1% (Group 1), 0.2% (Group 2), and 0.3% (Group 3) concentrations. There were no significant differences between the groups for live weight gain, feed conversion rate, and hot carcass, breast meat, liver, and heart weight. However, the gizzard weight in Group 1 was significantly higher than those in the other groups (P < 0.05). Although the intestinal villi lengths in the treatment Groups 1 and 3 on day 20 were greater than those in the control groups (P < 0.01), at the end of the experiment there were no significant differences among the groups. For antibody levels, the differences between groups on days 4 and 42 were highly significant (P < 0.01), and the antibody levels in Group 2 were higher than those in the other groups. Separately, growth performance and antibody levels were positively correlated with the length of villi in Group 2 (HMB 0.2%).

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