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  • Title: Growth and apparent absorption of minerals in broiler chicks fed diets with low or high tannin contents.
    Author: Hassan IA, Elzubeir EA, El Tinay AH.
    Journal: Trop Anim Health Prod; 2003 Apr; 35(2):189-96. PubMed ID: 12735709.
    Abstract:
    Sorghum grains with low (0.28 per cent catechin equivalent (%CE) or high (1.36%/DCE)) tannin contents were used to study the effect of tannin on growth and on the apparent absorption of Ca, P, Mg, Na, K, Fe and Co by chickens. High-tannin sorghum caused a highly significant (p < or = 0.01) reduction in the weight gain and feed intake of broiler chicks compared to low-tannin sorghum and increased the feed conversion ratio (p < or = 0.01). The amount of tannin did not affect mortality. The apparent absorption of Ca, P, Mg, Na, K, Fe and Co was reduced (p < or = 0.01) by feeding sorghum grains with a high tannin content.
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