Performance of Coloured Synthetic Broiler Chicken Fed Dried Azolla as Protein Substitute

Use of Azolla Plant in Broiler Diets and its Effect on Productive Performance

“…Table (8) showed that the addition of Azolla at a rate of (4.5, 9, 13.5)% to the diet did not significantly affect the feed conversion coefficient during the rearing weeks compared to the control, as well as the total conversion coefficient for the period (1 day -6 weeks), which amounted to (1.607, 1.627). , 1.607, 1.633) gm feed / gm weight gain, and the reason may be due to the fact that the Azolla protein was able to reach a benefit coefficient equal to the protein of the diet replaced by the feed, as it gave the same productive performance to the birds, and these results were in line with Table (3) regarding live body weight and Table (4) regarding weight gain and with the table (5) concerning the relative growth rate and agreed with [24,5,11,12,21] and it differed [26,25,27,14,1,16,18,12,22,20,2]. Significantly different letters indicate that there are significant differences between the means under the probability (p ≤ 0.05).…”

“…Table (4) showed that the addition of Azolla (4.5,9,13.5)% did not have a significant (P≤0.05) effect on the average body weight compared to control during the breeding weeks as well as in the sixth week, and it reached (3216.67.2993.33, 3110.00) gm, respectively, compared with (3033.33) gm, and this confirms the fact that Replacing the protein obtained from Azolla with the protein of the standard diet gave the same performance of the chicks, which was translated into body weight, and this was in line with the weight gain (Table 4), the relative growth of the chicks(Table 6), and the feed conversion factor (Table 8). These results were supported by the researcher and also [11,3,12,13], while it disagreed with [5,14,1,15,16,17,18], the researcher noted [19,4] . Table (5) showed that the addition of Azolla(4.5,9,13.5)% did not significantly affect the rate of weight gain compared to control during the different breeding period, as well as the total weight gain, which respectively amounted to (3169.17, 2935.67, 3062.33, 2987.33) g for the treatments, respectively, and this is in line with the performance of birds in the rate Body weight (Table 3), relative growth (Table 4) and conversion factor (Table 7) with an improvement in economic indicators (Index, production coefficient and productivity per square meter, Table 9).…”

“…Additional fodder than the control treatment due to its need for a relatively high protein ratio, and confirms its retention of the same product, which is represented by body weight, weight gain, and the food conversion coefficient. Findings with [23,24,5,18,12,20,13,5] upon addition, and the results differed with [25,14,1,16,9,3,2,22]. Table (8) showed that the addition of Azolla at a rate of (4.5, 9, 13.5)% to the diet did not significantly affect the feed conversion coefficient during the rearing weeks compared to the control, as well as the total conversion coefficient for the period (1 day -6 weeks), which amounted to (1.607, 1.627).…”

Effect of Azolla and Probiotic Feeding on Broilers Performance, and Blood Parameter Traits

“…This variation might be due to the used broiler strain, which includes a variable capability for fiber breakdown, as well as other environmental variables. Rout et al (2017). In addition, the final weights and BWG were improved by dietary supplementation with DA.…”