Vol. 10, Issue 9, Part E (2025)

An experiment was conducted using 120 day-old Cobb broiler chicks to study the effect of organic acids on gut health. The chicks were randomly divided into four treatment groups with three replicates of ten birds each for 42 days. Treatment groups included a control diet (T1) as per BIS (2007) [6], 0.05% organic acids in control diet (T2), and experimental diets T3 and T4 supplemented with 0.075% and 0.1% organic acids in control diets, respectively, the results showed that birds supplemented organic acid diets in all treatment groups showed significant improvement in gut morphology were evident through increased villus height and crypt depth in the duodenum, jejunum, and ileocaecocolic junction. Microbial analysis further revealed higher Lactobacillus counts and reduced E. coli populations in treated groups compared to control group. It was concluded that supplementing organic acids improved gut health in broilers.