De-oiled soy lecithin positively influenced growth performance, nutrient digestibility, histological intestinal alteration, and antioxidant status in turkeys fed with low energy diets

1. The purpose of this research was to investigate the effects of supplementing an emulsifier (de-oiled soybean lecithin (DSL)) in a low metabolisable energy (ME) diet on growth performance, nutrient digestibility, carcase characteristics, intestinal morphology, blood metabolites, and antioxidant st...

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Published in:British poultry science 2021-11, Vol.62 (6), p.858-867
Main Authors: Nemati, M., Ghasemi, H. A., Hajkhodadadi, I., Moradi, M. H.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animal Feed - analysis
Animal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
Animals
Antioxidants
Chickens
De-oiled lecithin
Diet - veterinary
Dietary Supplements
growth performance
intestinal morphology
Lecithins
meat-type turkeys
Nutrients
serum antioxidant levels
Turkeys
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Summary:1. The purpose of this research was to investigate the effects of supplementing an emulsifier (de-oiled soybean lecithin (DSL)) in a low metabolisable energy (ME) diet on growth performance, nutrient digestibility, carcase characteristics, intestinal morphology, blood metabolites, and antioxidant status in growing turkeys. 2. A total of 480 one-day-old turkeys were assigned to one of four dietary treatments with of eight replicates of 15 birds each. Experimental treatments included a basal diet (BE) with commercially recommended levels of ME, a reduced energy diet (RE) with 0.42 MJ/kg reduction in dietary ME content, the RE diet + 1 g/kg DSL (DSL-1), and RE + 2 g/kg DSL (DSL-2). 3. After 112 days, the body weight, average daily gain, and feed:gain in turkeys fed the supplemented for BE diets were better (P 
ISSN:0007-1668
1466-1799
DOI:10.1080/00071668.2021.1943312