Effect of dietary lactate and glucose on the incidence of sudden death syndrome in male broiler chickens.
An experiment with a factorial arrangement of treatments using four levels of dietary lactate (0, 2.5, 5.0, 7.5% calcium lactate) and four levels of dietary glucose (0, 15, 30, and 45% cerelose) was conducted to determine the effect of these compounds on the incidence of sudden death syndrome (SDS) in 1,280 male broiler chickens reared in battery brooder cages to 4 wk of age. Overall mortality was 6.64% of which 32.9% (or 2.19% of broilers housed) was attributed to SDS. There were no significant differences between treatments in either total mortality or mortality due to SDS.
Jacob
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JP
Department of Animal Science, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
Blair
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Gardiner
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D000818:Animals; D002645:Chickens; D003645:Death, Sudden / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D005947:Glucose / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000009:adverse effects; D015994:Incidence; D007773:Lactates / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D011201:Poultry Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000401:mortality; D013577:Syndrome
D007773:Lactates; D005947:Glucose