Effects of Different Trace Elements and Levels on Nutrients and Energy Utilization, Antioxidant Capacity, and Mineral Deposition of Broiler Chickens

Guoxiao Lv, Chongwu Yang, Xin Wang, Zaibin Yang, Weiren Yang, Jianqun Zhou, Weiyu Mo, Faxiao Liu, Mei Liu and Shuzhen Jiang ()
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Guoxiao Lv: Key Laboratory of Efficient Utilization of Non-Grain Feed Resources (Co-Construction by Ministry and Province), Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Department of Animal Science and Technology, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai’an 271018, China
Chongwu Yang: Department of Animal Science, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2, Canada
Xin Wang: Muyuan Food Co., Ltd., Nanyang 473000, China
Zaibin Yang: Key Laboratory of Efficient Utilization of Non-Grain Feed Resources (Co-Construction by Ministry and Province), Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Department of Animal Science and Technology, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai’an 271018, China
Weiren Yang: Key Laboratory of Efficient Utilization of Non-Grain Feed Resources (Co-Construction by Ministry and Province), Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Department of Animal Science and Technology, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai’an 271018, China
Jianqun Zhou: Nanning Zewei Feed Co., Ltd., Nanning 530221, China
Weiyu Mo: Nanning Zewei Feed Co., Ltd., Nanning 530221, China
Faxiao Liu: Key Laboratory of Efficient Utilization of Non-Grain Feed Resources (Co-Construction by Ministry and Province), Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Department of Animal Science and Technology, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai’an 271018, China
Mei Liu: Key Laboratory of Efficient Utilization of Non-Grain Feed Resources (Co-Construction by Ministry and Province), Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Department of Animal Science and Technology, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai’an 271018, China
Shuzhen Jiang: Key Laboratory of Efficient Utilization of Non-Grain Feed Resources (Co-Construction by Ministry and Province), Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Department of Animal Science and Technology, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai’an 271018, China

Agriculture, 2023, vol. 13, issue 7, 1-14

Abstract: This study investigated the effects of inorganic trace elements (IEs) and sucrose chelated trace elements (SEs) on the growth performance, nutrients and energy utilization, antioxidant capacity, and mineral deposition in broiler chickens, and the efficiency of IEs replaced by SEs at different levels was also evaluated. A total of 448,21-day-old male Arbor Acres broiler chickens with similar body weights were randomly assigned into 6 dietary treatments (8 cages/treatments) in a complete randomized design. Treatments were a basal diet including 2.0 g/kg of IE (IE-2.0) premix, and SE-2.0, SE-1.5, SE-1.0, SE-0.5, and SE-0 were basal diets in which IEs were replaced by SE premix at 2.0, 1.5, 1.0, 0.5, and 0 g/kg, respectively. In general, there was a linear and quadratic decrease in growth performance including average daily feed intake (ADFI) and average daily gain (ADG), apparent and true availability of nutrients (DM, OM, and CP), GE, trace elements (Cu, Zn, Mn, Fe, I, and Se), essential AA (Lys, Met, Arg, His, Phe, Thr, and Val), non-essential AA (Asp, Ser, Glu, Gly, and Cys), superoxide dismutase (SOD), and trace elements (Fe, Zn, Cu, and Mn) in the liver, and an increase in feed-to-gain ratio (F/G) and liver malondialdehyde (MDA), with decreasing SE levels ( p < 0.05). In conclusion, under the conditions of this experiment, using half of the sucrose chelated trace elements (Cu, Fe, Zn, and Mn) instead of inorganic trace elements did not affect the growth performance, nutrients and energy utilization, antioxidant capacity, and liver trace element deposition in broiler chickens.

Keywords: sucrose chelated trace elements; growth performance; mineral deposition; nutrient availability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q1 Q10 Q11 Q12 Q13 Q14 Q15 Q16 Q17 Q18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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