<b>Performance, digestibility, body composition and gut morphology of broiler chicks fed diets containing yeast cane sugar</b> - doi: 10.4025/actascianimsci.v33i1.10787

Abstract

The objective was to evaluate the performance, digestibility of diets, body retention of nutrients and the development of intestinal mucosa of post hatching broilers, of one up to eight day old, fed diets containing different levels of sugar cane yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae). It was used 300 one day old chicks in a completely randomized design with five treatments and six replicates of 10 birds. The treatments consisted of increasing levels of 0, 1.25, 2.5, 3.75 and 5.0% inclusion of yeast. No effect of yeast on performance. There was a reduction in the coefficients of apparent metabolizable of gross energy, apparent metabolizable energy, apparent metabolizable energy corrected by nitrogen balance with increasing levels. The level of 2.09% results in lower retention of body protein, while the retention of fat was increased linearly. The height of villus and villous height:crypt depth ratio of the jejunum was increased linearly, and the depths of crypts of the ileum had lower depth level of 2.40% yeast. The inclusion of yeast cane sugar levels up to 5% in diets for broiler in the post hatching doesn’t affect the performance and provides better development of the intestinal mucosa in the jejunum, however reduces metabolizable energy of diets and increases greater retention of body fat.