Nutrient digestibility response to sugarcane bagasse addition and corn particle size in normal and high Na diets for broilers

Author(s)
Kheravii, S K
Swick, R A
Choct, M
Wu, S-B
Publication Date
2018-04-01
Abstract
Improving diet digestibility is important to the broiler industry. Therefore, this study focused on optimizing the physical structure of feed ingredients and addition of dietary fiber as strategies to improve nutrient digestibility in low and high sodium diets. A total of 672 day-old Ross 308 male broilers was allocated to 48 pens using a 2 × 2 × 2 factorial arrangement of treatments with 2 particle sizes of corn (coarse 3,576 μm or fine 1,113 μm geometric mean diameter), 2 levels of sugarcane bagasse (SB) (0 or 2%), and 2 levels of Na (0.16 or 0.4%). Protein digestibility coefficient was measured using pooled distal ileal digesta of 3 birds per pen on d 24. Meanwhile, starch and gross energy digestibility coefficients were measured using pooled duodenal, distal jejunal, and distal ileal digesta of 3 birds per pen on d 24. Coarsely ground corn (CC) resulted in improved ileal protein digestibility (<i>P</i> < 0.05). Addition of 2% SB increased starch digestibility in the duodenum (<i>P</i> < 0.05), distal jejunum (<i>P</i> < 0.001), and distal ileum (<i>P</i> < 0.001), and increased protein digestibility in distal ileum (<i>P</i> < 0.01). A significant particle size × SB × Na interaction was observed for ileal energy digestibility (<i>P</i> < 0.05). The SB increased ileal energy digestibility only in birds fed the diet with finely ground corn (FC) and 0.16% Na. These findings demonstrate that SB and CC are able to improve nutrient digestibility. It can be recommended for the poultry industry to use SB and coarsely ground corn in feed to improve the utilization of nutrients.
Citation
Poultry Science, 97(4), p. 1170-1176
ISSN
1525-3171
0032-5791
Pubmed ID
29340635
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Publisher
Elsevier BV
Rights
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
Title
Nutrient digestibility response to sugarcane bagasse addition and corn particle size in normal and high Na diets for broilers
Type of document
Journal Article
Entity Type
Publication

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