Influences of Sorghum-based Diets on Poultry Production Systems: A review
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https://doi.org/10.46419/cvj.57.6.4Keywords:
sorghum, poultry production, gut health, blood parameters, carcass traitsAbstract
This review article outlines the different impacts of sorghum supplementation as an effective corn alternative in poultry nutrition, focusing on production performance, carcass traits, gut health, and blood parameters. The cereal grain sorghum, can substitute corn as a growth promotor by enhancing body weight gain and the feed conversion ratio of poultry. It can improve carcass characteristics, including dressing percentages and the relative weights of muscles and organs. Regarding gut health modulation, sorghum supplementation to poultry diets increases the count of the beneficial microflora while reducing pathogenic bacteria. Sorghum shows no adverse effects on the different blood indices. In conclusion, the dietary inoculation of sorghum in poultry diets can be considered as a good source of carbohydrates, which maintaining the health and productivity of birds. Before incorporating sorghum into poultry feed, further studies are required to evaluate its starch digestibility and tannin levels.
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