Sodium Zeolite A: Influence on Broiler Carcass Yields and Tibia Characteristics

Abstract This study considered the effect of dietary sodium zeolite A (SZA) on processing yields and tibia characteristics of male and female broilers divergently selected over three generations for high and low incidence of tibial dyschondroplasia (TD). Genetic lines included high and low incidence of TD and an unselected control line. Birds (ten replicate pens/line; thirty-five birds/pen) were fed either a standard diet or SZA-supplemented diet at levels of 0.25% and 0.50% from 1-21, 22-50, and 51-56 days of age, respectively. After the study, the high TD line had significantly (P .05) among the lines. The SZA effect was significant (P

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