Evaluation of Nutricell HyC® (combination of 25OHD3 and Vitamin C) Supplementation on Broiler Breeders Fertility in Laying Period

Abstract

Abstract The main goal of broiler breeders management is producing fertilized egg that can be hatched and to generate hatching eggs that will result in saleable chicks. The purpose of this research was to evaluate the effects supplementation of Nutricell HyC® (combination of 25OHD3 and vitamin C) with various levels on the fertility of broiler breeders. This research used 6,158 female broiler breeders with Cobb strain which were distributed according to a completely randomized design into four experimental treatments, with five replicates of ± 308 birds each. The treatments were Nutricell HyC® supplementation with the levels of 0, 100, 200, and 400 g/ton feed. Parameters observed were the clear eggs, fertile eggs, infertile eggs, culling chicks and early embryo mortality. Data collected were processed using analysis of variance (ANOVA) and for comparing among different group means continued with the Duncan multiple range test. The results showed that Nutricell HyC® supplementation could reduce clear eggs compared to the control diet (P<0.05). Furthermore, the percentages of fertile eggs increased as the level of Nutricell HyC® (P<0.05). However, infertile eggs, culling chicks, early embryo mortality were not affected by the Nutricell HyC® supplementation. The conclusion of this research was suplementation of Nutricell HyC® 400 g/ton feed yielded the best fertility performance of broiler breeders.