Two experiments were conducted to study the effect of phytase supplementation to lowphosphorus starter and finisher broiler diets on mineral utilization and growth performance. All diets in this study were isonitrogenous, isocaloric and corn-soybean diets. In Experiment 1, four replicate groups of 15 commercial broiler chicks, one-day old, were randomly assigned to each of two dietary treatment...

—Many songbirds are seasonally frugivorous and eat primarily fruit during migration and insects or seeds during nonmigratory periods. Previous work has suggested that most wild fruits may have inadequate protein for birds. Assessing the nutritional adequacy of fruit requires knowing the protein requirements of birds in relation to the composition of available fruits. We tested predictions of tw...

The current study was carried out to evaluate the effect of phytogenic feed additive (PFA) on egg production performance in Hy-Line brown layer birds. A flock size 14190 birds selected commercial poultry farm which maintained with standard management practices at Spain. baseline data (T1) recorded for 20 days, thereafter, were fed PFA (500 g/ton) (T2) supplemented 11 days. parameters viz. numbe...

Two experiments were conducted to evaluate the individual and combined effects of fusaric acid (FA) and T-2 toxin (T-2) in broiler chicks and turkey poults. In each experiment, 80 day-old birds were allotted randomly to a 2×2 factorial arrangement with treatments of 0 and 250 mg FA/kg feed and 0 and 4 mg T-2/kg feed. Diets were fed to 4 pen replicates of 5 birds each for 21 days. Feed intake an...

an experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of different levels of germinated barley (gb) on live performance and carcass traits in broiler chickens. the experiment lasted for 5 weeks starting from 7 days of age and ending at 42 days of age. chicks (ross 308) were fed six dietary treatments including a corn–soy diet (corn diet), a barley–soy diet (barley diet), a barley diet plus enzymes...

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...

A study was conducted to evaluate the effects of dietary inclusion forage meal Tithonia diversifolia with or without antibiotic on laying performance and egg quality birds for a period eleven weeks. T. is also known as wild sunflower leaf. Wild leaf (WSFLM) incorporated in diets at 75g/kg (basal diet). Streptomycin penicillin were added basal diet 100 ppm each. Mixture streptomycin, each fourth...

background: heat stress declines the performance through physiologic changes of the poultry. objectives: this experiment was conducted to evaluate the effects of different levels of l-carnitine on performance, carcass characteristics and some blood parameters of broiler chickens fed with high fat diets under heat stress. methods: two hundred one-day-old broiler chicks (ross 308) were used in a ...

This study was conducted to assess the effect of ginger supplementation on malondialdehyde (MDA) level, as an oxidative stress marker, and total antioxidant capacity (TAC) in broiler chicks. Two hundred male 1-day-old chicks were assigned randomly to four dietary treatments (basal diet as control group and basal diet containing 2.5, 5.0 and 7.5 g/kg ginger, respectively), with five replicates a...