A study was carried out to the effects of Ginger (Zingiber officinale) on quail semen quality, sexual hormones levels and histology testicles. total number 108 birds at age 8 weeks were divided into four groups, with three replicates per treatment 9 replicate. Birds in control group fed basal diets groups diet supplemented 0.25, 0.50 0.75% Ginger. At ages 10 till 20 weeks, blood samples collect...

This study was performed to investigate the effects of antibiotic, organic acid, probiotic and prebiotic supplementation on performance, egg shell quality, pH value of gastrointestinal (GI) tract and small intestinal morphology of laying hens. The experiment was a completely randomized design with 160 laying hens strain (W-36) from 32 to 42 weeks of age, with five treatments, four replicates an...

background: use of synbiotic and zinc sources had synergetic effects on broiler chickens performance and immune response improvements. objectives: this experiment was carried out to evaluate the effect of synbiotic and zinc sources on broiler chickens performance, immune response and gut morphology. methods: a total of 780, one-day old male broiler chicks were randomly assigned in factorial met...

The present experiment was conducted to investigate the effect of drinking water temperature and stocking density (SD) on oxidative metabolism in heart, liver, bursa fabricius, thymus broiler chickens raised under heat stress. comprised 360 one-day-old Ross 308 male randomly divided 6 experimental groups with 4 replicates each group. Experimental treatments included three different SD (low = 12...

this study was conducted to investigate the effects of using gracilariopsis persica in layer diet on performance, egg quality and lipids of blood serum of layer hens. one-hundred hy-line w-36 hens were allocated to five dietary treatments (experimental diets containing 0, 5, 10, 15 and 20 percent seaweed) and five replicates and four birds in each for 12 week period (23-34 week of age). the res...

this study was performed to investigate the effects of antibiotic, organic acid, probiotic and prebiotic supplementation on performance, egg shell quality, ph value of gastrointestinal (gi) tract and small intestinal morphology of laying hens. the experiment was a completely randomized design with 160 laying hens strain (w-36) from 32 to 42 weeks of age, with five treatments, four replicates an...

effect of adding melissa officinalis aqueous extract was studied on immune response and performance in 200 ross 308 broiler chicks in a completely randomized design with five treatments and four replicates and 10 observations per replicate. the amounts of 0 (control), 0.5, 1, 1.5 and 2 ml/l lemon balm extract were added in drinking water for 42 days. humoral immunity was evaluated by injection ...

OBJECTIVE Turmeric (Curcuma Longa Linn) is a medicinal plant that contains curcumin. There is a growing interest in using curcumin powder (CP) as feed additives for antioxidative and antimicrobial properties to improve human health. This study was conducted to determine the appropriate levels of CP on blood parameters, immunity, and histology of jejunum in hens. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total ...

background: glutamine supplementation to the pre-starter diet of broiler chicks could improve their performance during the first week of post-hatch. objectives: this experiment was conducted to evaluate the influence of glutamine levels in the pre-starter diet on intestinal mucosa morphology and performance of broiler chicks. method: a total of 160 ross 308, one-day old broilers were used in a ...