Adding Phytogenic Material and/or Organic Acids to Broiler Diets: Effect on Performance, Nutrient Digestibility and Net Profit

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A growth experiment was conducted to study performance, nutrients digestibility and economic efficiency of broiler chicks fed corn-soybean meal diets supplemented with a commercial phytogenic product (Bedgen 40 ) contained artichoke extract (Cynara scolymus), a commercial mixture of ® organic acids (Galliacid ) and a combination of both.Starter, grower and finisher diets were ® supplemented with two levels of both being 0 and 150 g tG artichoke extract and 0 and 600 g tG 1 1organic acids in 2×2 factorial arrangement.Dietary treatments were examined on 200 one day-old Cobb broiler chicks.The experiment lasted from 1-39 days of age.The results showed that supplementation of artichoke extract or organic acids mixture significantly (p<0.05)increased body weight gain by about 6% and improved feed conversion ratio by about 7%, compared with the control diet of no feed additives.Addition of artichoke extract improved the digestibility coefficients (p<0.01) of CP and CF, while, addition of organic acids mixture improved the digestibility coefficients (p<0.01) of DM, OM, CP, CF and NFE compared to the un-supplemented diet.Supplementation of artichoke extract and organic acids decreased total feed cost/kg body weight and improved net profit and economic efficiency.It could be concluded that using artichoke extract or organic acids mixture improved broiler performance and economic efficiency of broilers fed corn-soybean meal diets.No associative effect was detected on performance, digestibility or economic efficiency when a combination of both products was used.

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