Efectos de la inclusión de ácidos orgánicos en agua de bebida sobre la morfometría duodenal y desempeño productivo en pollos de engorde línea ROSS AP.

Abstract

The aim of this work was to evaluate the effect of the addition of organic acids in broilers and its effects on duodenal morphometry and productive yield in the farm. A total of 18,178 females and 18,761 males of ROSS AP line of 15 days old were used; in a completely randomized design (DCA) with two types of additives offered daily to the birds, divided in three treatments: T1, citric acid 5gr/L/day T2, acetic acid 1ml/L/day and T3 control treatment. The animals received the additive diluted in drinking water ad libitum, and were kept under the same housing, handling and sanitary conditions. There were presented significant differences (P<0.05) for the studied productive variables, the inclusion of citric acid in fattening chickens improves the productive parameters in this exploitation.