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Demand-oriented riboflavin supply of organic broiler using a feed material from fermentation of Ashbya gossypii

Lambertz, C.; Leopold, J.; Ammer, S.; Leiber, F.; Thesing, B.; Wild, C. and Damme, K. (2020) Demand-oriented riboflavin supply of organic broiler using a feed material from fermentation of Ashbya gossypii. Animal, 15 (1), p. 100003.

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Summary

Alternatives to riboflavin (vitamin B2) production by recombinant microorganisms are needed in organic poultry production, but are cost-intensive, so that a demand-oriented riboflavin supply is necessary. Details on the riboflavin requirements of organic poultry are not available. A feed material with high native riboflavin content from fermentation of the filamentous fungus Ashbya gossypii was studied. Two runs with 800 Ranger Gold™ broilers each (40 pens with 20 animals) were conducted. The fattening period was divided into starter (S), grower (G) and finisher (F) stage. In the first run, a basal diet without riboflavin supplementation (NATIVE; 3.27, 3.50 and 3.16 mg riboflavin/kg DM in S, G and F) was compared to diets with supplementation at low (LOW; 5.30, 4.85 and 5.19 mg/kg in S, G and F), medium (MEDIUM; 7.56, 6.88 and 7.56 mg/kg in S, G and F) and high (HIGH; 10.38, 9.14 and 9.93 mg/kg in S, G and F) dosage. In the second run, different combinations of low and medium riboflavin supplementation were used in S, G and F diets: S-LOW (4.50 mg riboflavin/kg DM), G-MEDIUM (6.66 mg/kg), F-MEDIUM (5.71 mg/kg) (Treatment A), S-LOW (4.50 mg riboflavin/kg DM); G-LOW (4.92 mg/kg), F-LOW (4.01 mg/kg) (Treatment B); S-MEDIUM (6.37 mg/kg), G-MEDIUM (7.37 mg/kg), F-MEDIUM (5.07 mg/kg) (Treatment C); S-MEDIUM (6.37 mg/kg), G-LOW (5.28 mg/kg), F-LOW (4.22 mg/kg) (Treatment D). Body weight, feed and water consumption were recorded weekly, health and welfare indicators were scored bi-weekly. Slaughter traits were assessed for five males and females per pen. In the first run, NATIVE animals showed symptoms of riboflavin deficiency and lower live weights in the second week of age. Riboflavin contents of this group were increased to avoid further deficiency and recovery was observed. Feed conversion was better in HIGH (2.07) compared with NATIVE and LOW (2.11). At slaughter, treatments differed neither for foot pad dermatitis nor plumage cleanliness. In the second run, daily weight gains did not differ between treatments in any of the weeks. Feed conversion ranged between 1.99 and 2.04. Riboflavin deficiency was not observed in the second run, while treatment D showed superior economic efficiency. In conclusion, native contents of feed components (3.27 mg/kg DM) were not sufficient to meet the riboflavin demand and a total content of 4.50 mg/kg DM was identified as safe lower threshold. The levels rather according to commercial recommendations were not additionally beneficial to performance and health.


EPrint Type:Journal paper
Keywords:Chicken, Fattening, Health, Performance, Vitamin B2, animal health, poultry, animal nutrition, Abacus, FiBL50073, FiBL2505406
Agrovoc keywords:
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English
riboflavin
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_6593
English
poultry
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_6145
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animal nutrition
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_27925
Subjects: Animal husbandry > Feeding and growth
Animal husbandry > Production systems > Poultry
Research affiliation: Switzerland > FiBL - Research Institute of Organic Agriculture Switzerland > Animal > Animal nutrition
Switzerland > FiBL - Research Institute of Organic Agriculture Switzerland > Animal > Animal nutrition > Feedstuffs
Switzerland > FiBL - Research Institute of Organic Agriculture Switzerland > Animal > Poultry
Germany > FiBL Germany - Research Institute of Organic Agriculture
Germany > University of Göttingen > Livestock Production Systems
DOI:10.1016/j.animal.2020.100003
Deposited By: Leiber, Dr. Florian
ID Code:38710
Deposited On:15 Dec 2020 10:11
Last Modified:22 Jul 2021 11:19
Document Language:English
Status:Published
Refereed:Peer-reviewed and accepted

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