3rd International Poultry Meat Congress

P 09 Effects of Chitosanoligosaccharide Supplementation to Broiler Ration
on Growth Performance, Carcass Traits and Visceral Organs Weight
Tuncay Tufan, Cavit Arslan
Kafkas University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Animal Nutrition and
Nutritional Diseases, Kars, Turkey
Abstract
This research was conducted to determine effects of chitosan oligosaccharide supplementation on
broiler rations, growth performance, carcass yield traits and visceral organs weight. In this trial,
a total of 375 one day old Ross 308 broiler male chicks were used. The chicks were randomly
divided into 3 main groups (Control, Trial I and Trial II), each involving 125 chicks, each main
group divided into 5 replicate subgroups each containing 25 chicks. Chicks were fed with starter
diet for 1-14 th days, grower diet for 15 th -28 th days and finisher diets for 29 th -42 th days. Control
group was fed these diets, no additive, Trial I and II were fed with the same diet but additionally
50 and 100 mg/kg chitosan oligosaccharide supplemented their diet, respectively. There were
no statistical differences on the final average body weight, body weight gain, feed consumption
and feed conversion ratio amoung the groups. Cold carcass yields of the Trial I and II groups
were significantly higher than the Control group (P