HYDROLYSED LECITHIN IMPROVES BROILER PERFORMANCE

Dietary supplementation with Elan®Digest improves production performance in broilers, due to the emulsifying properties and metabolic effects of lysolecithins (hydrolysed lecithin). Supplementation of broiler diets with 500 g Elan®Digest/t improves the dietary energy value by 50 to 65 kcal/kg. Using this energy matrix makes it possible to lower the dietary energy concentration without loss of performance. Moreover, due to its emulsifying capacity, fat digestion is become less dependent on the intestinal health status of the birds. The current experiment was done to get additional data on the effect of Elan®Digest on production performance in broilers, under ‘commercial’ conditions.