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The effect of copper sulphate on performance and the structure of the gizzard in broilers
Authors:G. Fisher  A. P. Laursen‐Jones    K. J. Hill  W. S. Hardy
Affiliation:1. BOCM Silcock Ltd , Basing View, Basingstoke, Hampshire, England;2. Agricultural Research Council's , Poultry Research Centre , King's Buildings, West Mains Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3JS, Scotland;3. BOCM Silcock Ltd , Basing View, Basingstoke, Hampshire, England;4. Unilever Research Laboratory , Colworth House, Sharnbrook, Bedford, England
Abstract:Addition of copper sulphate (about 200 mg per kg) to conventional diets produced a small, though variable, growth response and improved food conversion in broilers maintained under commercial conditions. In some experiments interactions were found between sex or coccidiostat and copper in the diet. Broilers fed on diets containing greater concentrations of copper (between 400 and 600 mg per kg) exhibited reduced growth rate and food intake. The gizzard linings of birds receiving diets containing 600 mg CuSO4 per kg showed extensive damage. This damage was attributable to a massive increase in the shedding of the gizzard glandular cells into the koilin layer and to disruption and cessation of koilin production. Similar though less severe gizzard changes occurred in birds which received 400 mg per kg and there was a slight increase in cellular desquamation in some of the birds receiving 200 mg per kg. High concentrations of copper were found in the gizzard lining and caecal contents of birds receiving supplementary copper and there was a progressive increase in the concentration of copper in the litter on which such birds had been reared.
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