Effects of Hydroxychloride Zinc and Elevated Levels of Hydroxychloride Copper in Broiler Chickens’ Diet on Productive Traits and Gut Health
Published:September 11, 2023
Summary
Trace minerals are often supplied in the forms of inorganic salts such as sulphates into poultry feed to meet the requirements. The ionic bonds in inorganic salts of minerals are very weak allowing the metal ion to disassociate once in contact with water, binding up diet antagonists such as other minerals, vitamins, and enzymes. To mitigate these negative effects technologies such as organic mine...
Does this change if birds are challenged with Clostridium Perfringens? Higher amounts of copper sulfate is a strategy used in such cases, how does HyCu compare then?
It's a shame that there wasn't a treatment with a high level of Cu from sulfate. In this way, the only treatment with a real control diet (with the same Cu and Zn levels from sulfate) is Hyd1.