title: Effect of dietary coenzyme Q10 supplementation on the growth rate, carcass characters and cost effectiveness of broiler fed with three energy levels.
abstract: The objective of this experiment was to study the effect of dietary supplementation of Coenzyme Q10 on broiler growth rate, carcass characteristics and cost of production. A biological trial was carried out with 270 broiler chicks fed with coenzyme Q10 at 0, 20 and 40 mg/kg of diet at each of the three energy levels. At the end of 42 days growth period the birds were sacrificed and the samples were analysed. Feed intake was comparable in all the energy and CoQ10 combinations, but higher body weight gain and better feed efficiency with less feed cost per kilogram weight gain was observed in high energy group supplemented with 20 mg of CoQ10/kg diet. The dressing percentages, weight of giblet, liver, spleen, abdominal fat, intestinal length were not significantly altered by CoQ10 supplementation. The heart weight, gizzard weight and ascites heart weight (AHI) were significantly decreased due to CoQ10 supplementation. Hence, birds fed with high energy diet supplemented with 20 mg CoQ10 per kg of diet had higher production performance.
authors.affiliation: Department of Animal Nutrition, Veterinary College and Research Institute, Namakkal, India.
authors.forename: Marappan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gopi
authors.affiliation: Department of Animal Nutrition, Veterinary College and Research Institute, Namakkal, India.
authors.forename: Manika Ragavan
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Purushothaman
authors.affiliation: Department of Animal Nutrition, Veterinary College and Research Institute, Namakkal, India.
authors.forename: Dooraisamy
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Chandrasekaran
keywords: Body weight gain; Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10); Cost effectiveness; Energy levels; Feed efficiency