3rd International Poultry Meat Congress

O 25 Effects of Herbal Vitamin D 3
Supplemantation and Calcium,
Phosphorus Level on Growth Performance and Bone Development of
Broilers
Necmettin Ceylan 1 , İsmail Yavaş 1 , A. Anıl Çenesiz 1 , Nejla Kahraman 2 , Semra Güder 2
1
Ankara University, Faculty of Agriculture, Animal Science, 06110, Ankara, Turkey
2
BEYPİ Beypazarı Agricultural Production, Industry and Trade Co. Bolu, Turkey
ceylan@agri.ankara.edu.tr
Abstract
A trial was conducted to assess the effects of Panbonis (a herbal vitamin D 3
source) on
performance, some carcass characteristics and tibia parameters of broiler chickens. Mixed-sex
11200 day old Ross × 308 broilers were distributed into 7 dietary treatments with 8 replicates.
Pelleted feeds based on corn, soybean and wheat were given adlibitum. Herbal Vit D 3
were
supplemented 0.01 and 0.02% with the presence of phytase into diets including decreased level
of Vit D 3
from commercial 5000 to 3000 IU. So dietary treatments were consisted of 7 groups
as T1 (5000 IU Vit D 3
at standart Ca and P level) ;T2 (5000 IU Vit D 3
plus Phytase at standart
Ca and P level); T3 (3000 IU Vit D 3
plus 0.01% herbal Vit D 3
plus Phytase at standart Ca
and P level), T4 (3000 IU Vit D 3
plus 0.02% herbal Vit D 3
plus Phytase at standart Ca and P
level), T5 (5000 IU Vit D 3
plus Phytase at low Ca and P level), T6 (3000 IU Vit D 3
plus 0.01%
herbal Vit D 3
plus Phytase at low Ca and P level), T7 (3000 IU Vit D 3
plus 0.02% herbal
Vit D 3
plus Phytase at low Ca and P level). Low Ca and available P level was adjusted to
0.82;0.41, 0.78;0.385 and 0.72;0.36 for starter, grower and finisher respectively while standart
level adjusted to meet araund regular Ross 308 recomendation.
At 24th days of age 2 chicks from each replicates near to average weight of the pen were selected
and killed for bone measurements. All birds were weighed and 2 of those slaughtered for
evaluation of performance and carcass parameters at 41 th day of the study. When overall results
considered, there were no significant difference among treatments in terms of final live weight,
mortality and European Production Efficiency Factor,EPEF (P> 0.05). While birds consumed
diets that contain only phytase and phytase plus herbal Vit D 3
exhibited better FCR than control
group without phytase(P< 0.05), no additional improvement was obtained with herbal Vit D 3
supplementation compared to only phytase. Higher level of herbal Vit D 3
, 0.2%, significantly
decreased feed intake in low Ca and P diets compared to standart Ca, P diets.
Although lowering diet Ca and P level resulted significant reduction(P 0.05). Although tibia weight were not
affceted significantly, low level of Ca and P resulted significant decrease in ash and P content
even supplemented with phytase and/or herbal Vit D 3
compared to standart recomended Ca
and P level for broilers. Higher dose (0.02) of herbal Vit D 3
supplementation seems to have
some adverse effect on final live weight, feed intake and tibia ash. These results indicates that
herbal form of Vit D 3
at 0.01% could replace synthetic vitamin D 3
without any adverse effect on
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