Evaluation of butyrate glycerides for developing an alternative to dietary antibiotics in poultry
Principal Investigator
Joshua Gong, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Year the work was done
2014-2016
Overall objective
- To evaluate the potential of butyrate glycerides as an alternative to dietary antibiotics to enhance chicken growth performance.
Outcomes
- Tributyrin supplementation can modulate lipid metabolism to benefit broiler production although the supplementation has no effect on overall growth and feeding efficiency of the chicken.
- Supplementation of mixed butyrate glycerides, had no significant effect on overall chicken growth and feeding efficiency, however; can reduce abdominal fat deposition and increase breast muscle deposition.
- Butyrate glycerides can regulate genes expression relating to lipid catabolism.
- Butyrate glycerides can modulate chicken gut microbiota and serum metabolites.
Application
- The use of butyrins as an alternative to antibiotic growth promoters has the potential to be adopted by the poultry industry.
This research applies to
Breeders, Broilers, Layers, Turkeys