Addition of xylanase and essential oil to cutting meat diets.
Broiler, Xylanase, Essential Oil.
QUARESMA, Débora Vaccari. Addition of xylanase and essential oil to cutting meat diets. 2020. Thesis (PhD in Animal Science, Animal Production). Animal Science Institute, Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro, Seropédica, RJ, 2020.
The study aimed to study the use of xylanase and essential oils composed of thymol and carvacrol in broiler diets to evaluate digestibility, performance, weight gain, feed conversion, feed intake, mucin, intestinal microbiota and intestinal integrity. In experiment 1 it was performed in the animal metabolism laboratory, in metabolic cages, evaluating 2 levels of energetic reduction in diets with or without xylanase and essential oils distributed in 7 treatments and 7 repetitions, from 1 to 21 days of age. In experiment 2 it was carried out in the animal metabolism laboratory, with an energy reduction of 250 kcal / kg of feed including xylanase and essential oils with 6 treatments and 8 repetitions, from 1 to 28 days of age. Experiment 3 was also used energy reduction as in Experiment 2, with 6 treatments and 6 repetitions, carried out in the poultry sector to evaluate the use of xylanase and essential oils in all rearing periods, from 1 to 42 days of age.