Hamada Mohamed Ahmed Abdel gwad Okasha
Lecturer
Multi-enzyme supplementation enhances performance, intestinal and skeletal development in broilers fed low-nutrient diets
Poultry Science • 2025
Publication Information
Authors
Yuanli Cai, Mingchen Zhang, Okasha Hamada, Zhigang Song
Keywords
Broiler chicken; Multi-enzyme; Tibial development; digestive enzyme activity
Journal
Poultry Science
Publisher
Elsevier
Volume
Not Available
Issue
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Pages
106234
publication.type
International
Paper Link
Open Link
Supplementary Materials
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Abstract
This study investigated the effects of multi-enzyme supplementation on broilers fed a zeolite-diluted, low-nutrient diet, focusing on growth performance, digestive physiology, and tibial development. A total of 384 one-day-old Arbor Acres broilers were randomly allocated to a 2 × 2 factorial arrangement, receiving either a basal diet or a low-nutrient diet (reduced in metabolic energy, crude protein, calcium, and phosphorus), each without or with a multi-enzyme preparation. The results showed that enzyme supplementation significantly improved growth performance, including body weight (day 21 and day 35), feed intake (day 21) and the feed efficiency. While the zeolite-diluted, low-nutrient diet stimulated the relative lengthening of the small intestine at 21 days, enzyme addition normalized this morphology and significantly enhanced duodenal amylase activity. Furthermore, enzyme supplementation effectively counteracted the impaired tibial development and reduced calcium content induced by the zeolite-diluted, low-nutrient diet. The study concluded that the multi-enzyme supplementation effectively mitigated the adverse effects of nutrient reduction by improving growth performance, digestive function, and skeletal development in broilers.
