FIELD TRIALS WITH CITROCITE GRANJA AVICOLA DO LITORAL CATARINENSE - BRASIL February/March during the Brazilian Summer

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FIELD TRIALS WITH CITROCITEGRANJA AVICOLA DO
LITORAL CATARINENSE - BRASILFebruary/March
during the Brazilian Summer

• CITROCITE

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CITROCITE

• OBJECTIVE
• TO VERIFY THROUGH TRIALS THE PROPHYLACTIC
  PROPERTIES OF CITROCITE IN CONFINED BROILERS.
• BASIC INDICATIONS OF THE TRIAL
• TIME PERIOD FEBRUARY/MARCH DURING THE BRAZILIAN
  SUMMER
• LOCATION GRANJA AVICOLA DO LITORAL CATARINENSE -
  BRASIL
• PERIMETER OF TRIALS
• STANDARD FEED FORMULATION
• PERMANENT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE (VETERINARY AND
  NUTRITIONAL)
• CONTROL GROUP FEED MEDICATED WITH CONVENTIONAL
  GROWTH PROMOTERS
• CITROCITE WAS ADDED TO THE FEED TO BE TESTED IN
  THE DOSAGE OF 300G/TONNE OF FEED
• LENGTH OF TRIAL 45 DAYS
• GEOGRAPHIC AREA WAS CONTAMINATED WITH PATHOGENIC
  FUNGI ESPECIALLY ASPERGILLUS-FLAVUM
• EACH GROUP HAD 360 BIRDS AND WAS SUBDIVIDED INTO
  PENS OF 120 BIRDS EACH

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CITROCITE

• CONCLUSION
• THE PRODUCTIVITY INDEX OF THE BIRDS FED WITH
  CITROCITE WAS 18 HIGHER THAN THE CONTROLLED
  BIRDS
• THE BIRDS FED WITH CITROCITE GREW 6.97 FASTER
  THAN THE CONTROL BIRDS
• THE FEED CONVERSION OF THE BIRDS FED WITH
  CITROCITE WAS 6.98 FASTER THAN THE CONTROLLED
  BIRDS
• CITROCITE SHOWS EXCELLENT PROPHYLACTIC
  CHARACTERISTICS IN REGIONS WITH
  ASPERGILLUS-FLAVUM FUNGI.