National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
An experiment was conducted using 600 broiler chicks to investigate the effect of four levels of butyric acid (0, 0.1, 0.2 and 0.4 %) on gut health from day 1 to 42 days. Influence of butyric acid on pH in different sections of the small intestine, gut histomorphology and the microbial load in the caecum was tested on 21 days and 42 days of the trial. Gut pH was significantly higher in duodenum and ileum on day 21 and only duodenum on day 42. Caecal E. coli, Salmonella spp. and Clostridium spp. count was significantly lower and Lactobacilli spp. count was significantly higher in butyric acid supplemented groups. Intestinal villous height was significantly higher in duodenum, jejunum on day 21 and duodenum, jejunum and ileum on day 42, intestinal crypt depth was significantly higher in all sections of small intestine except in ileum on day 42 in BA supplemented groups. Except in ileum on day 21, the goblet cell count was significantly higher in all sections of the small intestine in treated groups.
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