Effects of Chitosan Oligosaccharide and/or Beta-Glucan
Supplementation to Diets Contained Organic Zinc on Performance and
Some Blood Indices in Broilers
Onur Keser*, Tanay
Bilal, Halil Can Kutay, Ismail Abas and Huseyin Eseceli1
Department of Animal Nutrition and Nutritional
Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Istanbul University, 34320
Avcilar, Istanbul, Turkey, 1Vocational School of Bandirma,
Balikesir University, 10200 Bandirma, Balikesir, Turkey
*Corresponding author: okeser@istanbul.edu.tr
Abstract
This study was carried out to investigate effects
of chitosan oligosaccharides and/or beta-glucan addition into diets containing
organic zinc on performance and biochemical profiles in broilers.One-day old broiler chicks (n=540) were assigned to six groups for six
replicates (15 chicks for each). Chicks in control group were fed basal diet
containing soy bean meal and corn, and experimental groups were fed diets
containing 1%organic zinc (Or.Zn) or 0.025% chitosan oligosaccharides (COS) or
0.050% beta-glucan (BG) or 1% Or.Zn plus 0.025% COS or 1% Or.Zn plus 0.050% BG
during 42 days.There were no significant
differences between groups for performance (body weight, daily body weight gain,
daily feed intake, and feed conversion ratio) in all period. Although there were
no differences between all groups for serum total cholesterol, HDL-cholesterol,
VLDL-cholesterol, urea, insulin and glucose levels in all period, statistical
significances were determined between
Or.Zn plus COS and Or.Zn plus BG groups for total protein, and Or.Zn plus COS
and BG groups for GPT on d 21 (P<0.05).
GOT levels were lower only in control group on d 42 (P<0.05).
Groups fed diet with COS had lower serum
LDL-cholesterol levels than control group at the end of the experiment.
As a result of this study, there were no significant effects of organic zinc,
beta-glucan and chitosan oligosaccharide supplementations into diets on
performance. However, the use of chitosan oligosaccharides in diets decreased
LDL-cholesterol levels without any alteration in HDL-cholesterol levels in
broilers.