Evaluation of encapsulated sodium butyrate

Previous research has shown the positive effect of adding butyric acid on both body weight gain and feed convention ratio in broilers. Butyrate also may serve as an energy source for enterocytes, which increase villus growth and overall absorptive surface area in the intestine. In addition, butyric acid also inhibits Salmonella colonisation in the caeca and downregulates the gene expression and invasion of Salmonella. Butyric acid products are used as a sodium or calcium salt because of the vo