Drinking water application of butyric acid in broilers - Justin Fowler

Butyric acid is in which form esterified or sodium salt

Can you post the exact dosage in water application

Butyric acid on which form and exact dosage for water application Esterified form is better for it?

How do butyriacid protects birds

How’s the smell?

How's the drinking dose of butyric acid and what concentration ?

Great thanks Doctor Justin Fowler for this interesting work on butyric acid. Pure butyric acid in itself would serve great purpose as gut modulator and growth promoter. In practical application, medication via drinking water tends to be more effective than via the feed as even sick birds tends to drink water during disease condition, hence the better result that was obtained when butyric acid was used via water than in feed. Please, what is the state of the product - solid or liquid ? .

I use butyrates (Na or Ca) in broiler feeds; powder, protected form. They work well in the gut -modulate the microbiota and protect willi. They are particulary useful when no feed antibiotic (AGP) is added. But the "job" must be done in lower gut (intestine) not in the stomach. Then my doubt is how they could pass the stomach without protection-via water. The positive result is proven for powder,protected form. And I'd keep it. Average dose 0,5-1,0 kg .

Dosages should be mentioned

It's clear that butyric acid can improve gut health but it should be reach to the intestine. Water application without protection how can work perfectly?

it is write that Butyric acid supports the health and healing of cells in the small and large intestine. It’s also favored source of fuel for the cells lining the interior of the large intestine or colon but in viral out break it cant resist to virus so more research is required !......

how many ppm of butyric acid should be used in feed

The use of this synthetic product {butyrate} improves the gut performance for sure but we need to look at the residual effect on the body of the birds and its effect on the meat quality of the bird.

I think the best coating of the butyrates (calcium or sodium) is the coating with high melting point fats. They are not digested in the stomach and the enzymes are doing their work in the small intestine. There are no negativ effects on meat quality, butyrates are a natural product that is produced in the animal itself.

Thanks for sharing your findings, dr. Fowler. I’m looking forward to the outcomes of your follow-up trials, and especially to the results on physiological and cell biological analyses that may underlie the observed benefits on health and performance. These are likely to be different for different butyrate products. Many tissues and cell types are potentially responsive to butyrate; the place where butyrate is absorbed and delivered will then determine which cells will be triggered, and which physiological responses will be modulated. A Ph.D.-student from Wageningen, Pierre Moquet, has recently looked into this. He found that products with a distinct butyrate release profile (unprotected butyrate, butyrate glycerides and precision-delivery coated butyrate) trigger different effects at the level of immune responses, gut microbial composition, digestive processes and amino acid availability. Studies as these and as the one described by dr. Fowler will be instrumental in defining what can be expected from different butyrate products, under several animal health status and rearing conditions.

I have a product having Ca Butyrate but it is used in feed. It is not for drinking water. Can you tell me the differnce in results if we are using in feed ?