Effect of dietary simvastatin and L-carnitine supplementation on blood biochemical parameters, carcass characteristics and growth of broiler chickens

Journal of the Indonesian Tropical Animal Agriculture

H. Panahi¹  M. Bouyeh¹  A. Seidavi¹  Vincenzo Tufarelli²  V.N. Staffa²  V. Laudadio²  D. Behzadpour³  A. Tinelli⁴  J. Simões⁵  T. Ayasan⁶ 

[1] Department of Animal Science, College of Agriculture, Rasht Branch, Islamic Azad UniversityRasht;Department of DETO, Section of Veterinary Science and Animal Production, University of Bari ‘Aldo Moro’Valenzano, Bari;Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Agriculture, Rasht Branch, Islamic Azad UniversityRasht;Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Bari ‘Aldo Moro’Valenzano, Bari;Department of Veterinary Science, University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto DouroVila Real;Osmaniye Korkut Ata UniversityKadirli Academy of Applied Sciences, Osmaniye;

关键词: broiler;    carcass;    growth;    simvastatin;    lipid metabolism;   

DOI  :  10.14710/jitaa.44.4.372-381

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of simvastatin (SIM) and L-carnitine (LC) additives and their interactions, on productive performance and carcass quality of broilers. For this purpose, a feeding trial was conducted, under 3×3 factorial design, using SIM at 0, 1 or 2 g/kg level and LC at 0, 150 or 300 mg/kg level in a basal-diet and originating a total of nine treatments: T1 (control-diet, 0/0), T2 (0/150), T3 (0/300), T4 (1/0), T5(1/150), T6 (1/300), T7 (2/0), T8 (2/150), and T9 (2/300). Feed intake was higher in T2 (4716 g), T7 (4722 g) and T9 (4698 g) than in T1 (4545 g; P<0.05) considering the last growing phase (35-42 days) or whole 42-day production cycle. An improvement of feed efficiency was also observed in T8 (1.64) and T9 (1.67) when compared to T1 (1.77; P<0.05), and these were mainly due to SIM × LC interactions (P<0.05). The LC influenced positively (P<0.05) the weight of eviscerated carcass, breast, drumsticks and abdominal fat, as well as plasma triglycerides level. This findings suggests that the combination of SIM and LC additives have a positive influence on growth performance and carcass traits of broiler chickens.

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