The Influence of Some Fodder Additives on the Meat Quality Indices of Broiler Turkey Juveniles

Abstract

The researches have been made on a number of 150 broiler turkey juveniles, the Big 6 hybrid, assigned in 3 batches of 50 juveniles/batch for a period of 140 days (the growth stage). In the feed of batch 2E was added the multienzimatic complex Allzyme SSF 0.02 % and in the feed of batch 3E was added the organic mineral Sel-plex 0.03 %. At the end of the trial 8 turkey broilers/group were sacrificed to establish the meat quality through portioning and to establish the crude chemical composition of meat. The use of the organic mineral Sel-plex 0.03 % in broiler turkey feed led to the improvement of carcass weight with 4.89 % higher than the Control group. At turkeys from group 2E the proportion of first grade quality meat in carcass was 2.01 % higher than the Control group and at group 3E with 2 % higher than the Control group. The administration of the multienzimatic complex Allzyme SSF 0.02 % in group 2E feed and the use of the organic mineral Sel-plex 0.03 % in broiler turkey feed from group 3E led to the improvement of the meat quality due to an increase of protein content of meat and a reduction of meat fat. The results obtained confirm the positive effects of the multienzimatic complex and organic selenium on the turkey broiler meat production and its quality.