Growth performance, carcass yield and intestinal microflora populations of broilers fed diets containing thepax and yogurt

Boostani, Alidad; Fard, Haghighi; Ashayerizadeh, A.; Aminafshar, Mehdi

doi:10.1590/s1516-635x2013000100001

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“…The commercial probiotics were selected based on their difference in microbiota composition and in previous studies done in both broilers (Kabir et al, 2004;Gunal et al, 2006;Mutus et al, 2006;Nayebpor et al, 2007;Paryad & Mahmoudi, 2008;Boostani et al, 2013) and ostriches (Hasan-Rezaie et al, 2013). A basal diet was formulated based on the nutritional recommendations reported in previous studies of ostrich nutrition (Angel, 1996;Cilliers et al, 1998).…”

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“…In this study, the higher growth performance observed in the ostrich chicks consuming the diets containing probiotics may be due to a change in their gastrointestinal tract microbiota populations, as reported for broiler chickens (Schrezenmier & Vrese, 2001;Gunal et al, 2006;Alloui et al, 2013). This change in the microbiota population may be beneficial in several ways, including reducing pathogenic bacteria, stimulating the immune system and improving bone strength (Gunal et al, 2006;Boostani et al, 2013;Khan & Naz, 2013). A further benefit could also be the effect of the microbiota present in the probiotics on fermenting nutrients, mainly fibre, compared to a probiotic-free diet (Gabriel et al, 2006).…”

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Growth, body characteristics and blood parameters of ostrich chickens receiving commercial probiotics

Karimi-Kivi

Dadashbeiki

Seidavi

2015

Span. j. agric. res.

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This study was undertaken to determine the effect of four commercial probiotics on growth, body characteristics and haematological parameters of ostrich chicks. A total of 25 ostrich chicks (937±68.1 g) were individually allocated and fed the experimental diet for six weeks (n=5 per treatment). Experimental diets consisted of a corn/soybean meal-based diet unsupplemented (T1: Control), and four diets supplemented with probiotics according to the recommendations of the manufacturer (T2: 0.04% Bioplus 2B; T3: 0.09% Primalac; T4: 0.1% Thepax; and T5: 0.03% Protexin). Feed intake (FI), body weight (BW) and seven body characteristics (e.g. height) were measured every week. Blood samples and other body characteristics were also taken in the last week. There was an interaction effect between diet and time on all the growth variables and body characteristics (p<0.05). Both the BW and the BW gain of the ostrich chicks were, in general, higher for those fed the diet T2 than those fed the control diet (0.42, 1.07, 0.99, 1.09, 2.51, and 1.66 kg BW gain vs 0.28, 0.41, 0.83, 0.94, 1.15, and 1.15 kg BW gain at 7, 14, 21, 28, 35, and 42 days respectively), while for those fed the other diets containing probiotics differences were only observed at 42 days (p<0.05). Consuming probiotics over an extended period influenced several of the haematological parameters differently compared to those fed the control diet (p<0.05). T2 and T3 increased the concentration of total cholesterol (157 and 210 mg/dL respectively), when compared to those fed the control diet (119 mg/dL), while total cholesterol was slightly reduced (p>0.05) for those fed the diet containing Thepax (T4, 79 mg/ dL). In conclusion, the effects of commercial probiotics on growth performance, body characteristics and haematological parameters varied among probiotics. Additional key words: blood parameters; growth performance; ostrich chicks; poultry nutrition Abbreviations used: BW (body weight); FCR (feed conversion ratio); FI (feed intake); HDL (high density lipoproteins); LDL (low density lipoproteins); VLDL (very low density lipoproteins) Citation: Karimi-Kivi, R.; Dadashbeiki, M.; Seidavi, A. (2015). Growth, body characteristics and blood parameters of ostrich chickens receiving commercial probiotics. Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research, Volume 13, Issue 1, e06-004, 11 pages. http:// dx

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Growth, body characteristics and blood parameters of ostrich chickens receiving commercial probiotics

Karimi-Kivi

Dadashbeiki

Seidavi

2015

Span. j. agric. res.

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“…The evaluation of the effect of probiotics on performance, development of the intestinal mucosa and carcass characteristics resulted on divergent outcomes. Comparing probiotics to control group, positive results were obtained on the performance (Ramos et al 2014, Marubashi et al 2012, Sen et al 2012, Patel et al 2015, on the development of intestinal mucosa of broilers (Sen et al 2012, Fallah et al 2013 and on the carcass (Boostani et al 2013). However, other results show no significant effect on performance (Souza et al 2011, Shargh et al 2012, Domingues et al 2014 and carcass yield (Souza et al 2011, Domingues et al 2014.…”

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Probiotics on performance, intestinal morphology and carcass characteristics of broiler chickens raised with lower or higher environmental challenge

Araujo

Stefani

Giometti

et al. 2018

Austral j. vet. sci.

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ABSTRACT. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of probiotics on performance, intestinal morphology and carcass characteristics of broiler chickens housed on lower or higher environmental challenge. Three hundred male Cobb chicks were distributed into four groups in completely randomised design with treatments arranged in a 2 × 2 factorial scheme to evaluate effects of two diets (with or without probiotics) and two environmental conditions (lower or higher challenge), totaling four treatments with five replications with 15 birds per box. Probiotics were added on diets and were composed of Lactobacillus acidophilus, Bacillus subtilis, Bifidobacterium bifidum and Enterococcus faecium. The environment with lower challenge was made up of new wood shavings used as litter, low bird density (8 birds/m 2 ) and daily-cleaned bell drinkers. The environment with higher challenge was made up of re-used wood shavings used as litter (after three broods of broilers), bird density of 16 birds/m 2 with bell drinkers cleaned every two days. No significant interaction between diet and environmental challenge was found for any of the variables evaluated. Performance, slaughterhouse variables and chemical carcass composition were not affected by the use of probiotics. Chicks receiving diets without probiotics had lower intestinal crypt depth (267.1 vs. 316.6 μm, P=0.0068). Birds raised in the environment with higher challenge decreased feed intake (4,660 vs 5,020 g, P=0.0422), weight gain (2,610 vs 2,810 g, P= 0.0054), drumstick and thigh yield (21.98 vs 24.14 %, P=0.0354), and increased crypt depth (325.2 vs 258.5 μm P=0.0009). In conclusion, the probiotic does not promote satisfactory improvements, regardless of the environmental challenge.

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“…Lactic acid bacteria are extensively used as probiotics in poultry (Raja et al, 2009;Khan et al, 2011;Mansoub, 2011;Ezema, 2013;Jadhav et al, 2015;Getachew, 2016) as they are considered to be safe for gut health of poultry. Improvements in growth performance, carcass quality, and feed efficiency in broiler chickens have been reported after supplementing yoghurt and lactobacilli probiotics with drinking water (Boostani et al, 2013). However, failure of probiotic cultures to colonize in the gut of the birds will be ineffective of their supplementation to enhance the performance of chicken (Jin et al, 1998;Salarmoini and Fooladi, 2011).…”

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Effect of dietary supplementation of Lactobacilli and Streptococci cultures on the performance of broiler chickens

Nafees

Pagthinathan

2018

AGRIEAST: J. Agri. Sci.

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Growth performance, carcass yield and intestinal microflora populations of broilers fed diets containing thepax and yogurt

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Growth, body characteristics and blood parameters of ostrich chickens receiving commercial probiotics

Growth, body characteristics and blood parameters of ostrich chickens receiving commercial probiotics

Probiotics on performance, intestinal morphology and carcass characteristics of broiler chickens raised with lower or higher environmental challenge

Effect of dietary supplementation of Lactobacilli and Streptococci cultures on the performance of broiler chickens

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