FIELD TRIALS WITH CITROCITEGRANJA AVICOLA DO LITORAL

CATARINENSE - BRASIL

February/March during the Brazilian Summer

CITROCITE

CITROCITE

OBJECTIVE

TO VERIFY THROUGH TRIALS THE PROPHYLACTIC PROPERTIES OF CITROCITE IN CONFINED BROILERS.

BASIC INDICATIONS OF THE TRIAL

TIME PERIOD: FEBRUARY/MARCH DURING THE BRAZILIAN SUMMERLOCATION: GRANJA AVICOLA DO LITORAL CATARINENSE - BRASIL

PERIMETER OF TRIALS

STANDARD FEED FORMULATION PERMANENT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE (VETERINARY AND NUTRITIONAL) CONTROL GROUP FEED MEDICATED WITH CONVENTIONAL GROWTH PROMOTERS CITROCITE WAS ADDED TO THE FEED TO BE TESTED IN THE DOSAGE OF 300G/TONNE OF FEED LENGTH OF TRIAL 45 DAYS GEOGRAPHIC AREA WAS CONTAMINATED WITH PATHOGENIC FUNGI ESPECIALLY ASPERGILLUS-FLAVUM EACH GROUP HAD 360 BIRDS AND WAS SUBDIVIDED INTO PENS OF 120 BIRDS EACH

PRODUCTIVITY INDEX - PI

PI = AWG x V FC x 10AWG = AVERAGE DAILY WEIGHT GAIN (grams)V = VIABILITY (%) - MORTALITY COMPLEMENTFC = FEED CONVERSION

CONTROL GROUP CITROCITE

INITIAL QUANTITY OF BIRDS 360 360LENGTH OF TRIAL (days) 45 45FINAL QUANTITY OF BIRDS 343 352MORTALITY 4.72 2.22TOTAL FINAL WEIGHT (kg) 748.6 821.5AVERAGE WEIGHT/BIRD (kg) 2.182 2.334TOTAL FEED CONSUMPTION (kg) 1533 1565FEED CONSUMPTION/BIRD (kg) 4.469 4.446FEED CONVERSION (kg/kg) 2.048 1.905

CONTROL GROUP CITROCITE

V% 95.28 97.78AWG (g) 48.49 51.87FC 2.048 1.905PI 225.59 266.24

CITROCITECONCLUSION

THE PRODUCTIVITY INDEX OF THE BIRDS FED WITH CITROCITE WAS 18% HIGHER THAN THE CONTROLLED BIRDS

THE BIRDS FED WITH CITROCITE GREW 6.97% FASTER THAN THE CONTROL BIRDS

THE FEED CONVERSION OF THE BIRDS FED WITH CITROCITE WAS 6.98% FASTER THAN THE CONTROLLED BIRDS

CITROCITE SHOWS EXCELLENT PROPHYLACTIC CHARACTERISTICS IN REGIONS WITH ASPERGILLUS-FLAVUM FUNGI.