Limitation and Potential Effects of Different Levels of Aging Corn on Performance, Antioxidative Capacity, Intestinal Health, and Microbiota in Broiler Chickens

Ahsan Mustafa; Shiping Bai; Qiufeng Zeng; Xuemei Ding; Jianping Wang; Yue Xuan; Zhuowei Su; Keying Zhang

doi:10.3390/ani11102832

Animals (Sep 2021)

Limitation and Potential Effects of Different Levels of Aging Corn on Performance, Antioxidative Capacity, Intestinal Health, and Microbiota in Broiler Chickens

Ahsan Mustafa,
Shiping Bai,
Qiufeng Zeng,
Xuemei Ding,
Jianping Wang,
Yue Xuan,
Zhuowei Su,
Keying Zhang

Affiliations

Ahsan Mustafa: Institute of Animal Nutrition, Key Laboratory for Animal Disease-Resistance Nutrition of China, Ministry of Education, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
Shiping Bai: Institute of Animal Nutrition, Key Laboratory for Animal Disease-Resistance Nutrition of China, Ministry of Education, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
Qiufeng Zeng: Institute of Animal Nutrition, Key Laboratory for Animal Disease-Resistance Nutrition of China, Ministry of Education, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
Xuemei Ding: Institute of Animal Nutrition, Key Laboratory for Animal Disease-Resistance Nutrition of China, Ministry of Education, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
Jianping Wang: Institute of Animal Nutrition, Key Laboratory for Animal Disease-Resistance Nutrition of China, Ministry of Education, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
Yue Xuan: Institute of Animal Nutrition, Key Laboratory for Animal Disease-Resistance Nutrition of China, Ministry of Education, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
Zhuowei Su: Institute of Animal Nutrition, Key Laboratory for Animal Disease-Resistance Nutrition of China, Ministry of Education, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China
Keying Zhang: Institute of Animal Nutrition, Key Laboratory for Animal Disease-Resistance Nutrition of China, Ministry of Education, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu 611130, China

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11102832
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 10
p. 2832

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Three-hundred and sixty-day-old male broilers underwent three treatments with six replicates of 20 birds per treatment. The experimental diets included NC: normal corn diet; ACL: lower level (39.6–41.24%) of AC; and ACH: a higher level (56.99–59.12%) of AC. During phase 1 (0–21 d), broilers fed on AC showed lower (p p p = 0.05) and litter moisture percentage (p p p p p p = 0.05), GSH-Px (p p = 0.03); however, it showed lower MDA (p p p p p p p p p p < 0.05) in the NC group.

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ISSN: 2076-2615 (Online)
Publisher: MDPI AG
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Agriculture: Animal culture: Veterinary medicine; Science: Zoology
Website: http://www.mdpi.com/journal/animals/

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