Etude du mode d'action d'hémicellulases ajoutées à un aliment riche en froment en alimentation aviaire : effet sur les performances zootechniques, la digestibilité des nutriments et la microflore intestinale

Three experiments were conducted to investigate the effect of hemicellulase preparations on the performance parameters and the digestive physilogy of male broilers fed wheat-based diet from 1-32 d old. The 5 dietary treatments were composed of a basal diet containing 60% (w/w) wheat (control) and 4 diets corresponding of the basal diet supplemented with enzyme preparations. Each diet was offered ad libitum. Two experiments were conducted for performances and digestibility measurements with 120 birds (24 birds/diet) in battery brooders housed in a environmentaly controlled room. Total collection of excreta was carried out from day 28 to day 32 post-hatching, for determination of apparent crude fat, Kjeldahl-nitrogen and crude cellulose digestibilities and for AMEn content of the diets measurement. The third experiment was conducted in pens frome day 7 to day 21. For each experimental diet, 16 birds were killed in 4 days for viscosity measurements in digesta. Addition of xylanase improve daily body gain by 1 to 6% without affecting ingestion of dry matter. Feed conversion ration increased by 1,5 to 4% with enzyme supplementation. Total apparent digestibilities of nitrogen, crude cellulose, crude fat and the content of AMEn in the 4 diets supplemented with enzymes increased significantly by an average of 1,6%, 59%, 1,7% and 2,8% respectively. Viscosity values were very variable between birds and seemed not correled to performances. However, digesta viscosity tend to decrease with enzyme addition, except for an enzyme (Grindazym G) wich induced an increase in the digesta viscosity for all the period of measurement. It is concluded from these experiments that improved performance parameters of broilers were more correled to the improvement of nutrients digestibility than to intestinal viscosity diminution. Digestion would be mainly improved by degradation of endosperm cell wall NSP and the subsequent release of the nutrients entrapped by the NSP structures, which induce more accessibility of nutriments to digestive endogenous enzymes of the birds.

Grantor dc:publisher

ULiège. GxABT - Liège Université. Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech

Year dc:date

2002

Author dc:creator

• Vandeplas, Sabrina

Contributors dc:contributor

• Thewis, André

• Life sciences
• Animal production & animal husbandry
• Sciences du vivant
• Productions animales & zootechnie

Language dc:language

fr

Identifier

info:hdl:2268/16786

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:orbi.ulg.ac.be:2268/16786