A 42 days experiment was carried out to evaluate the effects of dried Centella asiatica leaf meal (CSP) as an herbal feed additive on the growth performance, haematology and serum biochemistry of broiler chicken. A total of 200 Ross 308 day old broiler chicks of mixed sex was divided into four (4) treatment groups of fifty (50) birds, each group was further divided into five replicates each of ...

This study examined the prebiotic effects of oligosaccharides extract from palm kernel expeller (OligoPKE) on growth performance, cecal microbiota and immune response of broiler chickens. A total of ninety 1-day-old broiler chicks (Cobb-500) were randomly allocated to three treatment groups of six pens (replicates) with five birds per pen. Dietary treatments were: (i) basal diet as control, (ii...

The feeding trial was carried out to compare the effect of probiotic, synbiotic and neem (Azadirachta indica) leaf as alternatives antibiotic in broiler chicken diets. experiment performed for a period 28 days with number 500 day-old straight run chicks. Birds were divided into five dietary treatment groups 4 replications having 25 birds each. were; control (Basal diet), synbiotic, powder (NLP)...

background & aim: ferulago angulata sub. carduchorum (locally name: chavir or chavil) is an important medicinal plant in iran. the powder of aerial parts of this plant contains variety of components with different therapeutical effects such as antioxidant activities (aoa). this study was conducted to investigate the effect of dietary supplementation powder of aerial parts of this plant on t...

The stress responses of mice and rats has been shown to be permanently altered by brief, gentle handling during the first 10 d of life, resulting in increased BW and resistance to stress-induced immunosuppression. The purpose of this study was to determine whether early handling of turkey poults could permanently affect production values and physiology of adult turkeys. Turkey poults were handl...

Eastern Screech Owls (EASOs) were experimentally infected with the pathogenic New York 1999 strain of West Nile virus (WNV) by subcutaneous injection or per os. Two of nine subcutaneously inoculated birds died or were euthanatized on 8 or 9 days postinfection (DPI) after <24 hr of lethargy and recumbency. All subcutaneously inoculated birds developed levels of viremia that are likely infectious...

An experiment was conducted to elucidate the effect of graded levels of vitamin D3 in White Leghorn (WL) layer breeders on egg production, shell quality, hatchability of eggs and juvenile performance of offspring during their late laying period (7288 wk). White Leghorn breeder females were randomly divided into 5 groups of 50 each and were housed in individual California cages in an open-side h...

High environmental temperatures have deleterious effects, reducing the feed intake, live weight gain and feed efficiency of poultry. A study utilizing Ross 308 was conducted to evaluate the effects of vitamin C (Ascorbic acid) and glucose on broilers production reared under heat stress (32 ± 2 °C). One day-old, five hundred twenty five broilers were randomly assigned to 7 treatment groups with ...

One thousand two hundred and fifty sexed day-old broiler chicks obtained from a commercial hatchery were divided randomly into five treatment groups (negative control, antibiotic and essential oil combination (EOC) at three levels) of 250 birds each. Each treatment group was further sub-divided into five replicates of 50 birds (25 male and 25 female) per replicate. The oil in the EOC was extrac...