T here is an interest to investigate the growth promoting products rather than antibiotics since their usage in animal's food have been associated with great health hazards and resistance (Roy et al., 2002). Therefore, intensive poultry industry search to minimize the microbial load associated to farms environment and final products. Broiler performance and feed conversion efficiency are closely related with the amount and type of gut microbial load, the morphological structure of the intestinal wall and the immune system response (Huyghebaert et al., 2011). Meanwhile, safe, non-therapeutic, and antimicrobial product like Organic Acid (OA) can be added to drinking water (acidifier) to achieve the optimum broiler performance (Araujo et al., 2019) and improving the water quality (Krug et al., 2012). It is well known that contaminated drinking water is a risk factor which enhance the multiplication and spreading of water borne pathogens in broiler farms (Chaveerach et al., 2004). Likewise, previous studies showed that broilers supplemented with organic acids in drinking water have intact and highest intestinal villi with deep crypt depth
Necrotic enteritis and the subclinical form of Clostridium perfringens infection in poultry are caused by C. perfringens type A, producing the alpha toxin, and to a lesser extent type C, producing both alpha toxin and beta toxin C and have become serious threats to poultry health.This study was undertaken to determine the activity of 4 commonly available disinfectants against C. perfringens spores after 5,7.5,10,15,30 and 60 minutes of contact under dirty conditions, Of the 4 products tested, calcium hypochlorite 1% and Germicidan KOK 4% achieved the required reduction in microbial viability (≥10 3-fold) for relatively long contact times of 30 min, under dirty (3% yeast) conditions, One product (Biosentury 904, 2% conc) achieved the required reduction in microbial viability (≥10 3-fold) for contact times of 10 minutes, while Prophyl 75,1% concentration. achieved the required reduction in microbial viability (≥10 3-fold) for contact times of 5minutes.Upon addition of formic acid 2% and urea 1% the required reduction improved for (Biosentury 904, 2% conc) and Prophyl 75,1% concentration and achieved after 5 minutes and after 7.5 minutes for Germicidan KOK 4% while calcium hypochlorite was not improved by addition of formic acid 2% or urea 1%. Application of surface test using the four disinfectants was used alone and in combination with formic acid 2% or urea 1% showed nearly the same results obtained in the suspension test
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