Feed additives to chick starter mixtures under tropical conditions.
In two short-term experiments (28 and 31 days, respectively), the ergotropic effect was tested of the growth promoters nitrovin (25 mg/kg mixture, and a chinoxalin-1,4-N-dioxide derivate (25 and 50 mg/kg mixture). The experiments were carried out on a total of 1,952 unsorted one-day-old White Leghorn chicks under tropical conditions in Eastern Ethiopia (College of Agriculture at Alemaya). On addition of 50 mg chinoxalin-1,4-N-dioxide, the final weight of the chicks was 105.6 and 104.6%, respectively, in the first and second experiments as compared with the unsupplemented groups. The amount of feed required for each weight gain was reduced to 94.0 and 91.4%, respectively. Nitrovin and smaller amounts of chinoxalin-1,4-N-dioxide increased the body weight to 104.2 and 104.0%, respectively, as compared with the control. The feed requirement (94.6 and 99.9%, respectively) was not reduced significantly (alpha greater than 0.05). Further experiments will be necessary, using other feed additives, more chicks, and longer experimental periods.
D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001835:Body Weight / Q000187:drug effects; D002645:Chickens / Q000254:growth & development*; D004435:Eating / Q000187:drug effects; D004734:Energy Metabolism; D005002:Ethiopia; D005260:Female; D005503:Food Additives; D008297:Male; D009581:Nitrofurans / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009610:Nitrovin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011810:Quinoxalines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014329:Tropical Climate
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D005503:Food Additives; D009581:Nitrofurans; D011810:Quinoxalines; D009610:Nitrovin; C003282:quindoxin