INDIGENOUS POULTRY FEED MICROFLORA RESPONSE TO ETHYL ALCOHOL AND BUFFERED PROPIONIC ACID ADDITION |
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| Authors: | S.D. HA K.G. MACIOROWSKI Y.M. KWON S.C. RICKE |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Poultry Science Texas A&M University College Station, Texas 77843–2472 |
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| Abstract: | The present study was designed to compare ethyl alcohol with buffered propionic acid feed treatment on the survival of indigenous poultry feed bacteria and fungi. The aerobic bacterial poultry feed populations were not substantially reduced by either ethyl alcohol or buffered propionic acid treatments. Likewise, indigenous poultry feed fungal populations also were not markedly reduced by buffered propionic acid treatment of the feed but fungal poultry feed populations exposed to ethyl alcohol treatments were significantly lower (P<0.05) than fungal populations recovered from either control and buffered propionic acid treated feeds. Ethyl alcohol treatment may have potential for reducing fungal contamination in poultry feed. |
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