Establishing the Tolerability to Turkeys of Nonanoic Acid at Practical Levels of Use as a Feed Flavoring  

作　　者：Maria H. L. Bento Elizabeth A. Lewis Miquel Nofrarias Borja Vilà Philip McGuire Kurt Richardson Maria H. L. Bento;Elizabeth A. Lewis;Miquel Nofrarias;Borja Vilà;Philip McGuire;Kurt Richardson(NutraSteward, Pembroke Dock, UK;CReSA—Animal Health, IRTA, Bellaterra, Spain;Animal Nutrition, IRTA, Constantí, Spain;Anitox, Wellingborough, UK)

机构地区：[1]NutraSteward, Pembroke Dock, UK [2]CReSA—Animal Health, IRTA, Bellaterra, Spain [3]Animal Nutrition, IRTA, Constantí, Spain [4]Anitox, Wellingborough, UK

出　　处：《Open Journal of Animal Sciences》2021年第3期422-439,共18页动物科学期刊（英文）

摘　　要：<b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Objective:</span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> Nonanoic acid (NA) is one of a series of straight-chain aliphatic alcohols, aldehydes, acids and their derivatives with a well-documented history of use as a synthetic flavoring in human food. As part of a safety evaluation of NA for use as a flavoring in animal feed, an experiment was conducted to evaluate the ability of turkeys to tolerate NA at levels relevant to practical feeding practices. </span><b></b></span><b><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Materials and Methods:</span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> A total of 594</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">-</span></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:;" "=""><span style="font-family:Verdana;">day-old BUT Premium turkeys (300 males and 294 females) were allocated at random to 40 floor pens containing either 15 males or 13 to 15 females. Poults were fed one of 4 treatment diets in crumble (0 to 14 days) or pellet (15 to 59 days) form containing 0 (control), 100, 300 or 1000 mg NA/kg complete feed for 59 days. General health and performance were monitored for the duration of the study. At days 57 and 59 of age, blood samples were taken and birds were sacrificed and necropsied for histopathological examination of the digestive tract. Significant differences were considered at </span><i><span style="font-family:Verdana;">P </span></i></span></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:;" "=""><span style="font-family:Verdana;">≤</span><span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> 0.05 and near-significant trends at </span><i><span style="font-family:Verdana;">P </span></i></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">≤</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> 0.10.</span></span></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:;" "=""> </span></span></span><span><span><span style="font-f<b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Objective:</span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> Nonanoic acid (NA) is one of a series of straight-chain aliphatic alcohols, aldehydes, acids and their derivatives with a well-documented history of use as a synthetic flavoring in human food. As part of a safety evaluation of NA for use as a flavoring in animal feed, an experiment was conducted to evaluate the ability of turkeys to tolerate NA at levels relevant to practical feeding practices. </span><b></b></span><b><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Materials and Methods:</span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> A total of 594</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">-</span></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:;" "=""><span style="font-family:Verdana;">day-old BUT Premium turkeys (300 males and 294 females) were allocated at random to 40 floor pens containing either 15 males or 13 to 15 females. Poults were fed one of 4 treatment diets in crumble (0 to 14 days) or pellet (15 to 59 days) form containing 0 (control), 100, 300 or 1000 mg NA/kg complete feed for 59 days. General health and performance were monitored for the duration of the study. At days 57 and 59 of age, blood samples were taken and birds were sacrificed and necropsied for histopathological examination of the digestive tract. Significant differences were considered at </span><i><span style="font-family:Verdana;">P </span></i></span></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:;" "=""><span style="font-family:Verdana;">≤</span><span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> 0.05 and near-significant trends at </span><i><span style="font-family:Verdana;">P </span></i></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">≤</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> 0.10.</span></span></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:;" "=""> </span></span></span><span><span><span style="font-f

关 键 词：TURKEY FLAVORING Nonanoic Acid Safety 

分 类 号：O17[理学—数学]