Metabolites (May 2024)

Effects of Increasing Glycerin Levels in Broiler Chickens

  • Elaine de Assis Carvalho,
  • Weslane Justina da Silva,
  • Denise Russi Rodrigues,
  • Ludmilla Faria dos Santos,
  • Camila Ferreira Rezende,
  • Flávio Medeiros Vieites,
  • Fabiana Ramos dos Santos,
  • Fabiano Guimarães Silva,
  • Cibele Silva Minafra

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/metabo14060308
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 6
p. 308

Abstract

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Glycerin contributes to the animal’s energy metabolism as an important structural component of triglycerides and phospholipids. The present study was carried out to evaluate the effect of replacing corn with 0, 5, 10, and 15% of glycerin in terms of performance, digestibility, carcass yield, relative weights of gastrointestinal tract (GIT) organs, and nutrient metabolism. Four hundred chickens (40.0 g ± 0.05 g) were distributed in a completely randomized design with four treatments and five replicates. Growth parameters were measured at 7, 14, 21, and 42 days. Digestibility of crude protein and fat, carcass yield, relative weights of GIT organs, and biochemical blood profile were measured. The results were subject to an analysis of variance by Tukey’s HSD test (p > 0.05). The inclusion of 5%, 10%, or 15% of glycerin did not influence performance or affect the crude protein and fat digestibility in broilers (p > 0.05) when compared to that of the basal (0%) diet. Similarly, the supplementation of glycerin levels showed no significant influence (p > 0.05) on the relative GIT organ weights, carcass yield, or nutrient metabolism. Thus, we concluded that glycerin may be included in the broilers’ diets in rations of up to 15%.

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