Digestive parameters in young turkeys fed yucca saponin.
Yucca saponin fed in a concentration of 63 ppm to turkey poults at 6 to 14 weeks of age did not significantly improve weight gains, feed conversion, or digestive coefficients. Compared with nonstressed control groups, saponin-fed poults did not have significantly greater average weight gains or feed intakes when stressed by crowding (3 poults per cage) or by adding ammonia to the atmosphere (30 to 35 ppm).
D000397:Air Pollution; D000641:Ammonia / Q000494:pharmacology; D000821:Animal Feed; D000818:Animals; D001835:Body Weight / Q000187:drug effects; D003441:Crowding; D004063:Digestion / Q000187:drug effects; D004435:Eating / Q000187:drug effects; D004734:Energy Metabolism / Q000187:drug effects; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D012503:Saponins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014422:Turkeys / Q000378:metabolism*
D012503:Saponins; D000641:Ammonia