Dietary composition affects odour emissions from meat chickens

Title
Dietary composition affects odour emissions from meat chickens
Publication Date
2015-03
Author(s)
Sharma, Nishchal K
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8013-9269
Email: nsharma4@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:nsharma4
Choct, Mingan
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2242-8222
Email: mchoct@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:mchoct
Wu, Shubiao
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1790-6015
Email: swu3@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:swu3
Smillie, Robert
Swick, Robert A
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3376-1677
Email: rswick@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:rswick
Type of document
Journal Article
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Zhongguo Xumu Shouyi Xuehui, Chinese Association of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine
Place of publication
China
DOI
10.1016/j.aninu.2015.02.003
UNE publication id
une:18405
Abstract
Abatement of odour emissions has become an important consideration to agricultural industries, including poultry production. The link between diet and odour emissions was studied in two experiments using Ross 308 male meat chickens reared in specially designed chambers in a climate controlled room. In the first experiment, two treatments were compared using three replicates of two birds per chamber. Two wheat-soy based treatment diets were formulated with or without canola seed, an ingredient rich in sulfur amino acids. Treatment 1 (T1) had 13.39 MJ/kg ME (as fed) and used 60 g/kg canola seed without corn while Treatment 2 (T2) contained 12.90 MJ/kg ME (as fed) and used 150 g/kg corn without canola seed. In the second experiment, birds were assigned to three dietary treatments of five replicates with five birds per replicate (chamber). The basal starter, grower and finisher diets in the control group (SBM group) contained soybean meal in the range of 227-291 g/kg (as fed) as the main protein source. The other treatments (CM and MBM groups) contained either high levels of canola meal (174-190 g/kg) or meat meal (74-110 g/kg) at the expense of soybean meal. In both experiments, diets were isocaloric, isonitrogenous and contained similar digestible amino acid contents as per 2007 Aviagen Ross 308 guidelines. Emissions of odour were measured using Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy. In both experiments, major odorous compounds detected included 2,3-butanedione (diacetyl), 2-butanone, dimethyl disulfide, methyl mercaptan, ethyl mercaptan, 2-butanol, 3-methyl-butanal, phenol and m-cresol. In the first experiment, T1 (with canola seed) produced higher concentration of methyl mercaptan ('P' < 0.05) and lower diacetyl ('P' < 0.01) than T2. In the second experiment, methyl mercaptan emission was higher in SBM group ('P' = 0.01) and total elemental sulfur were higher in SBM and CM groups up to day 24 ('P' < 0.01). Results of these experiments indicated a direct link between diet and odour emissions from meat chickens.
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Citation
Animal Nutrition, 1(1), p. 24-29
ISSN
2405-6383
2405-6545
Start page
24
End page
29

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