In Vitro and In Vivo Anticoccidial Effects of Butyric Acid and Its Impact on Blood and Serum Chemistry of Broiler Chickens

Present study was aimed to evaluate the anticoccidial activity of butyric acid by both in vitro and in vivo methods. In vitro trial was conducted by sporulation inhibition assay to examine the influence of butyric acid on sporulation and damage of coccidian oocysts. Administration of various concent...

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Autores principales: Zurisha RANI, Rao Zahid ABBAS, Asghar ABBAS, Zohaib SAEED, Tauseef ur REHMAN, Riaz HUSSAIN, Khalid MEHMOOD, Atif REHMAN, Kashif HUSSAIN
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Publicado: University of Kafkas 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/7f32e6c913bc4737acd0cea908eb20b7
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Sumario:Present study was aimed to evaluate the anticoccidial activity of butyric acid by both in vitro and in vivo methods. In vitro trial was conducted by sporulation inhibition assay to examine the influence of butyric acid on sporulation and damage of coccidian oocysts. Administration of various concentrations of butyric acid induced sporulation inhibition and also damaged coccidian oocysts in dose dependent manner. For in vivo trials, 72 (day-old) broiler chicks were randomly divided into 6 groups i.e., A, B, C, D, E and F having equal chicks in each group (n=12). After one week of acclimatization, three doses of butyric acid 1.2%, 1% and 0.8% were given to group A, B and C, respectively while group D was named as positive control (infected medicated), group E was named as negative control (infected and non-medicated) and group F served as normal control (non-infected) group. On the same day, all treated groups were orally infected with 50.000 sporulated oocysts of Eimeria tenella. Results revealed that administration of butyric acid induced positive effect on chicken’s performance such as weight gain, FCR and anticoccidial parameters like lesion and oocysts score, oocyst per gram. Butyric acid also improved hematological values and serum chemistry of broiler chicken.