Effects of different sources and contents of dietary manganese on the performance, meat quality, immune response, and tibia characteristics of broiler chickens

• DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2021.104734
• Publication Date: 2021-10-14T21:58:16Z
• Authors: Parasto Shokri; Shokoufe Ghazanfari; Shirin Honarbakhsh
• Keywords: Malondialdehyde

Abstract This study was conducted to evaluate the effects of different sources and contents of dietary Mn on growth performance, carcass characteristics, meat quality, immune response, bone characteristics, and Mn deposition of tibia in broiler chickens. A total of 600 one-day-old male broiler chickens were assigned to the basal diet (control) + a 3 × 3 factorial arrangement of treatments with 5 cages per treatment and 12 broiler chickens per cage. Treatments were included control or control supplemented with 60, 90, or 120 mg Mn/kg from each Mn source [Mn-sulphate, Mn-proteinate, and nanoparticle of Mn (nano-Mn)]. The results indicated that the broiler chickens fed the control diet had greater weight gain, white blood cell and lower breast percentage as compared to the broiler chickens receiving diets containing Mn supplementations (P