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gilbert.weber@dsm.com
RÉSUMÉ
L'objectif de cette etude a ete d'evaluer l'effet d'une formulation brevetee de composes d'huiles essentielles
(thymol, eugenol, piperine) et d'acide benzoique (CRINA® Poultry Plus: CPP) sur les performances du poulet de
chair. 300 poussins males (Cobb 500) de 1 jour ont ete repartis aleatoirement en 3 traitements repliques en 10
groupes de 10 oiseaux par case. Les cases etaient situees au long de 2 lignes d'abreuvement dans un batiment
d'elevage commercial et entourees par 8 500 poulets eleves conjointement. Grace a ce dispositif experimental,
tous les poussins en cases ont ete exposes a des conditions de stress proches de celles des poulets du batiment de
production (sante, hygiene, mode d'elevage et densite d'animaux). Les poulets experimentaux ont ete soumis a
Fun des 3 traitements suivants: T1 = aliment temoin non supplement& en CPP ; T2 = aliment temoin avec 150
mg/kg de CPP ou T3 -.aliment temoin avec 300 mg/kg de CPP. Un programme alimentaire en 4 phases sous
forme de granules a ete applique: demarrage (jours 0-10), croissance (jours 11-20), finition (jours 21-34) et
retrait (jours 35-42). L'aliment et l'eau de boisson etaient disponibles ad libitum. L'essai a dm& 42 jours. Les
poids des poussins et la consommation d'aliment ont ete mesures a Oj, 10, 28, 35 et 42 jours. Meme si la
difference n'etait pas significative les poids des poulets supplementes en CPP (T2, T3) &tan superieurs a ceux
des poulets temoin T1, et ce, quelque soit la periode experimentale. La consommation d'aliment a ete similaire
entre les differents traitements, neanmoins, lors de la phase de retrait (jours 35-42), T3 fut significativement plus
faible que T2 (P<0.05). Ainsi, si l''indice de consommation (IC) n'a pas differ& entre les traitements pour chaque
phase individuelle de l'essai, sur l'ensemble de la periode de croissance, PIC de T3 a ete significativement
ameliore par rapport a celui de T2 (P<0.05). De plus, nous observons une augmentation non negligeable de 19
points du Facteur Europeen d'Efficacite de Production entre le regime T3 et T 1 . En conclusion, nous
preconisons une incorporation de 300 mg/kg de CPP dans l'aliment afin d'ameliorer les performances
(croissance, IC) des poulets.
ABSTRACT
Effect of a Eubiotic Product Combining Benzoic Acid with Essential Oil Compounds on Performance of
Broiler Chicks
This study aimed at determining the effects of a mixture of essential oil compounds (thymol, eugenol, piperine)
with benzoic acid (CRINA® Poultry Plus; CPP) on the performance of broiler chickens. Three-hundred one day-
old male chicks (Cobb 500) were allotted randomly to 3 dietary treatments, each replicated with 10 groups of 10
birds per pen. The pens were distributed along 2 drinking lines in a commercial broiler house, containing 8500
loose-housed birds of the same age. By that housing, the experimental chicks were exposed to the pressure of the
loose-housed broilers with respect to health, hygiene, husbandry and stocking density. The experimental broilers
were subjected to one of three treatments: T1 = basal diet not supplemented with CPP (control), T2 = basal diet
with the addition of 150 mg/kg CPP or T3= basal diet with the addition of 300 mg/kg CPP = A 4-phase feeding
schedule was applied: Starter (days 0-10), grower (days 11-20), finisher (days 21-34) and withdrawal (days 35-
42). The feed was provided in pelleted form; both feed and water were available ad libitum throughout the study.
The experiment lasted for 42 days. Weight of chicks and feed consumption were determined on days 10, 28, 35
and 42. In general, the production results of the birds in the trial were good. In all experimental periods the body
weights of broilers, supplemented with CPP (T2 and T3) were numerically superior to the unsupplemented
control (T3), but the difference was statistically significant only in the starter period (days 1-10) between T2 and
T3. Feed intake was generally similar between the various treatments, but during the finishing period (days 35-
42) T1 was significantly lower than T3 (P<0.05). Feed conversion ratio was not different between the treatments
in any of the experimental periods, but over the whole trial (days 0-42), FCR of T1 was significantly more
favourable than that of T3 (P<0.05). In conclusion, the supplementation of feeds with CPP tended to improve
performance (BWG, FCR) of broiler chicks. The dose level of 300 mg/kg of feed was found to be optimum.
REFERENCES BIBLIOGRAPHIQUES
a'bles moyennes dans les lignes avec des lettres differentes sont significativement differentes pour P<0,05
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ESM - Erreur Standard de la Moyenne
2P
- Probabilite
Tableau 2. Effet la combinaison CPP d'acide benzolque et d'huiles essentielles sur la mortalite et le Facteur
Europeen d'Efficacite de Production (EPEF)