Evaluation of a Commercially Available Organic Acid Blend and Sanitizer Products on Broiler Breeders’ Performance and Economics

Background: The limited information on the use of organic acid products in the poultry farming through drinking water as compared to diet along with water sanitizer and though in broiler breeder performance is inadequate. This makes sense of present study to evaluate the impact of commercially available products that combine acidifiers and sanitizers with those of individual products on the sustainability of commercial broiler breeding operations and production efficiency. Methods: The study involved 22,000 female and 2,160 male birds of Cobb 430 breeders, equally divided into four sheds. One shed was allotted for treatment (T1) with blended organic acids cum sanitizer (BOA) products, while three sheds were allotted for control (T2, T3 and T4) with mixed organic acids (MOA) and organic chlorine (OC) products. During 13 consecutive weeks of study, daily feed intake, egg weight, hen-day egg production, hatching eggs, broken eggs, rejected eggs, cumulative mortality and economics in broiler breeder supplementation were evaluated. Result: No significant (P≥0.05) differences were observed between treated groups in most zootechnical parameters except broken eggs. The T1 treatment birds showed a significant (P≤0.05) reduction in broken eggs and numerical improvement in all other parameters. The greatest economic efficiency was obtained at a CBR of $21.59 followed by $17.60 and USD 14.58 in favor of the T1 group compared with T2, T4 and T3 group birds respectively. The comparative trials show that producers can recover an average of 17.93 U.S. dollars for every U.S. dollar spent on a T1 product program. The blend of organic acids cum quaternary ammonium compound (T1) used in the study may improve economics by increasing hatching egg numbers, reducing mortality and saving on water treatment costs.