one hundred and sixty one-day-old male broilers (ross 308) in a 6-wk period were conducted to 2 groups (with 4 replicates for each group), 20 chicks for a replicate. one group of these chickens was raised in normal temperature (nt) treatment and the other in cold temperature (ct) treatment to induce ascites. at the end of the experiment (wk 6), 2 chickens from each replicate were randomly selec...

Ninety six 21 day- old unsexed broiler chickens were used for the study designed to evaluate effect of different levels pawpaw leaf meal on serum biochemistry chickens. The experiment consisted four treatment groups, each in three replicates eight birds per replicate. treatments reflect inclusion meal: T1 (control 0 g/kg PLM feed), T2 (3 T3 (5 feed) and T4 (7 feed). was framed a completely rand...

The effects of dietary supplementation of grape seed extract (GSE) and vitamin C on carcass characteristics, gut morphology and ileal microflora in broiler chickens exposed to chronic heat stress were examined. Experimental diets included a control diet (without additive), 3 levels of GSE (150, 300, 450 mg/kg of diet), and vitamin C (300 mg/kg of diet). Each of the five diets was fed to 5 repli...

Objective: The experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of different levels of germinated barley on performance and egg quality in laying hen. Methods: One hundred and twenty laying hens, 44-weeks old, Lohmann LSL hens were used in this experiment. Birds were assigned randomly to the groups, each of which consisted of 20 birds (4 replicate cages each containing 5 birds). The experiment w...

A total of 80 day old British United Turkeys were subjected to four dietary treatments at varying levels of niacin + yeast. Each treatment had 20 birds of 4 replicates with 5 birds in each replicate. Niacin + yeast (240 ppm niacin + 1.5g/kg yeast and 200 ppm niacin + 1.5 g/kg yeast, at the starter, grower, and finisher phase) showed significant effect on body weight gain, serum Low Density Lipo...

The aim of this study, comprising two experiments, was (1) to determine in Experiment 1 the relationship of incremental dietary P (phosphorus) content on precaecal digestible P in male broilers and (2) to determine in Experiment 2 the precaecal P digestibility of various inorganic P sources at marginal levels of P supply. In Experiment 1, a total of 260 male Ross 308 broilers were divided into ...

The leaf extracts of Dacryodes edulis possess high concentrations alkaloids, saponins, flavonoids, and tannins with various biological activities, including antimicrobial, antifungal, antioxidant activities. These activities can be used in animal production to avoid the energy lost favor growth reproduction. A total 48 Brahma hens (45 days old), weighing on average 400 ± 12 g, were randomly dis...

In present study, two trials had been conducted to evaluate the effects of Spirulina platensis (SP) on growth performance, carcass characteristics, egg quantity and quality traits, and immunity response of Japanese quails. In trial 1, a total number of 180 one-day-old Japanese quails were randomly assigned into 6 groups, 3 replicates with 10 quail chicks per replicate. Experimental die...

An experiment was conducted on one day old, 120 broiler chicks to study the effect of madar (Calotropis procera) leaf powder and amprolium supplementation caecal histology during coccidiosis. Broiler were divided into five groups (I-V) each with two replicates 12 chicks. Group I II provided unsupplemented diet, III supplemented 0.125% amprolium, group IV V 0.2% 0.4% respectively. On 15th experi...

An experiment was conducted to evaluate the effects of different levels of licorice powder (LP) in diet on performance, egg traits and some serum biochemical parameters of laying hens in the late laying period. Totally 180 Hy-Line W-36 layer hens aged 55-68 weeks with similar weight were selected and assigned to 5 treatments, 3 replicates and 12 hens in each replicate in a completely randomized...