How bile acid reduces the cost of broiler feed

In large-scale broiler farming, the continuous high price of feed ingredients is an indisputable fact. Feed companies are actively seeking and exploring methods and strategies to "reducing costs and increasing efficiency", such as low-priced raw materials instead of high-priced raw materials, common ones such as wheat and brown rice instead of corn, and enzyme preparations (NSP enzyme, phytase, endogenous Enzymes, etc.) to promote the conversion and absorption of nutrients and prevent the degradation of growth performance caused by the substitution of raw materials. At present, mature formulas have been formed. However, the replacement of corn with wheat is not applicable in some countries due to the requirements of relevant laws and regulations.

In poultry farming, there is also a raw material that has an important impact on the cost of the formulation-fats. 

At present, the price of fats and oils is also rising. The current price of animal fats is 10 Rmb/kg, and vegetable fats are 16 Rmb/kg. In individual countries and regions, only vegetable fats can use in the feed. The content of medium and crude fat is generally 7%~8%. Because the intestinal digestive system of poultry is relatively short, the feed stays in the digestive tract for a short time and the emptying speed is fast. Good conversion, absorption, and effective utilization have become a breakthrough point in reducing costs and increasing the efficiency of poultry feed products. 

For poultry breeding, bile acids mainly show the following two effects:

①Promote the digestion and absorption of lipids; ②Protect the liver and protects the gallbladder, reduces endotoxins in the body, and repair damaged liver cells and liver tissues.

The mechanism that bile acids improve the digestion and absorption of fats is mainly attributed to the following points: 

①emulsify fat and decompose into fat particles; 

②activate pancreatic lipase and increase lipase activity; 

③bile acids carry fatty acids and triglycerides formed by decomposition, which are Small intestinal epithelial cells that specifically recognize and enter the small intestinal chorion to promote fat absorption.

The effect of bile acid on the performance of broilers

Test purpose

1. The effect of adding bile acid on broiler performance

2. Trial protocol

The trail was carried out on a chicken farm in Shandong Province. The scale of the chicken farm was 8 houses, 30,000 chickens/building, and 240,000 chickens; 2 chicken houses were selected for the experiment, which was recorded as house 1 and 2, Control group 1 and test group 2, Except for the addition of bile acid in the feed, all other environments and medicines used in the two chicken houses are the same.

No. 1 house is the test group and No. 2 the test group uses 4.8kg corn + 200g bile acid instead of 5kg vegetable oil. The experiment was carried out in 3 stages: 1-10 d, 11-21 d, and 22-33 d.

4. Summary

Using 4.8kg corn + 200g bile acid instead of 5kg vegetable oil in the feed does not affect the growth performance and daily weight gain of broilers at all. The feed cost per ton can be reduced by 2-3USD, and the FCR can be effectively reduced to save feed costs. When the cost of feed raw materials continues to rise, bile acid can effectively reduce the cost of feed without affecting the growth performance of broilers. It is a high-quality cost-reducing product.

fred@sdlachance.com

www.sdlachance.net