A study was conducted to evaluate the response of broilers to diets containing a mannan oligosaccharide, antibiotics, or a combination of antibiotics and mannan oligosaccharide. All diets were supplemented with copper sulfate to provide 250 mg/kg Cu in diets fed to 42 d and 62.5 mg/kg Cu in diets from 42 to 56 d, in addition to the 10 mg/kg provided in the trace mineral mix. Bio-Mos®, a mannan ...

This experiment was conducted to investigate the effect of phytase superdoses alone or in combination with citric acid (CA) in canola meal-based diets severely limited in available phosphorus (Pa) on growth performance, plasma phosphorus (P), and tibia ash (TA) in broilers from 22 to 42 d of age. Two hundreds and eighty 21-d-old male broilers were used in 28 pens of 10 birds per each. The exper...

BACKGROUND Choline is essential for fetal brain development, and it is not known whether a typical American diet contains enough choline to ensure optimal brain development. OBJECTIVE The study was undertaken to determine whether supplementing pregnant women with phosphatidylcholine (the main dietary source of choline) improves the cognitive abilities of their offspring. DESIGN In a double-...

Virginiamycin inducing factors (inducing material or inducing factor) of Streptomyces virginiae were isolated from the culture broth of this microbe and separated into three closely related compounds. They were named virginiae butanolides A, B and C and their structures were determined as 2-(1'-hydroxy-5'-methylhexyl)-3-(hydroxymethyl)butanolide (6), 2-(1'-hydroxy-4'-methylhexyl)-3-(hydroxymeth...

Under high altitude conditions, the effects of vitamin E (α-tocopherol) on growth performance, intestinal morphology (villus size and type), and absorptive surface area of broiler chickens were evaluated. Chickens were fed diets supplemented with 0, 100, 200 or 400 IU/kg vitamin E for 42 days. On days 14, 28 and 42, birds were sacrificed and three segments of small intestine were dissected. The...

Swine were infected with Salmonella typhimurium, USDA #295, and treated with virginiamycin medicated feed continuously at a level of 55 g/metric ton for approximately 2 months. The incidence and persistence of shedding of this organism in the feces and in selected tissues were determined. No significant changes in the course of the infection were detected when virginiamycin treated animals were...

Supplementing ruminant animal diets with fat has been investigated as a means to influence a variety of physiological processes or to alter fatty acid composition of food products derived from ruminant animals. Several digestion experiments have been conducted with beef cattle and sheep to elucidate the effects of supplemental fat on utilization of other dietary components. Negative associative...