The effect of calcium and magnesium supplementation on performance and bone strength of broiler chickens

Filip  Karásek; Hana  Štenclová; Ondřej  Šťastní­k; Eva  Mrkvicová; Leoš  Pavlata; Šárka  Nedomová; Ladislav  Zeman

doi:10.5219/710

Authors

Filip Karásek Mendel University in Brno, Faculty of Agronomy, Department of Animal Nutrition and Forage Production, Zemědělská 1, 61300 Brno
Hana Štenclová Mendel University in Brno, Faculty of Agronomy, Department of Animal Nutrition and Forage Production, Zemědělská 1, 61300 Brno
Ondřej Šťastník Mendel University in Brno, Faculty of Agronomy, Department of Animal Nutrition and Forage Production, Zemědělská 1, 61300 Brno
Eva Mrkvicová Mendel University in Brno, Faculty of Agronomy, Department of Animal Nutrition and Forage Production, Zemědělská 1, 61300 Brno
Leoš Pavlata Mendel University in Brno, Faculty of Agronomy, Department of Animal Nutrition and Forage Production, Zemědělská 1, 61300 Brno
Šárka Nedomová Mendel University in Brno, Faculty of Agronomy, Department of Food Technology, Zemedelska 1, 613 00 Brno
Ladislav Zeman Mendel University in Brno, Faculty of Agronomy, Department of Animal Nutrition and Forage Production, Zemědělská 1, 61300 Brno

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5219/710

Keywords:

poultry nutrition, Ross 308, liver, CaCO3, MgSO4

Abstract

Aim of the experiment was evaluation of the effect of reduced calcium and magnesium content in the broiler chickens diet on its parameters of fattening, bone strength and calcium and magnesium content in liver. The trial was performed with cockerels of Ross 308 hybrid (n = 160) which were fattened in cage batteries from day 11^th to 36^th day of age. Cockerels were divided into 4 groups (differ in various intake levels of calcium and magnesium) in four replications. The maize-wheat-soybean basal diet contained 2.33 g Ca and 1.58 g Mg per kilogram. Calcium was added by CaCO₃ and magnesium by MgSO₄. Control group (C) received feed mixture with added CaCO₃ in dose of 19.49 g.kg^-1 and 0.41 g.kg^-1 of MgSO₄. Three experimental groups contain added CaCO₃ in dose of 11.83 g.kg^-1 and 0 g.kg^-1 MgSO₄(group Exp1); CaCO₃ 11.83 g.kg^-1 and 0.41 g.kg^-1 MgSO₄(group Exp2); CaCO₃ 19.49 g.kg^-1 and 0 g.kg^-1 MgSO₄ (group Exp3), respectively. The feed consumption was daily monitored and the cockerels were weighed twice a week. At the end of the study the experimental animals were weighted and slaughtered by decapitation. The weight of carcasses, liver and proportion of breast and thigh muscle was determined in the selected chickens (n = 24). The atomic absorption spectrometry was used for Ca and Mg evaluation in liver tissues. Bone strength parameter was measured at the femur bone. The statistically significant differences (p >0.05) were not detected between control and experimental groups in the case of studied parameters of fattening, bone strength and calcium and magnesium content in the chicken´s liver. Based on the obtained results it could be concluded the reduction of determined elements in the chicken diet did not deteriorate parameters of yield, elements content in liver tissue as well as the bone strength of broiler chickens.

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