this study was carried out to evaluate the effect of different levels of anise seed on the performance, immune system, antioxidant activity and blood estrogen level of broiler chicks. a total of 192 day -old ross 308 broilers were trained for 42 days in a completely randomized design with four treatments, four replicates and 12 birds per each replicate. treatments were included the levels of ze...

introduction: following the ban on antimicrobial growth promoters in poultry nutrition in eu and growing pressure on poultry producers in other parts of the world, there is an increasing interest in searching for growth promoting and immune system-strengthening alternatives. among the possible alternatives, probiotics, prebiotics, synbiotics (combination of probiotic and prebiotic) and more rec...

This study was conducted to investigate the effects of dietary influence of aspirin on growth performance, antioxidant status and mortality in the broilers subjected to cold-induced ascites. A total six hundred 1-d old male broilers (Ross, 308) were randomly allotted to four treatment groups, with five replicate pens per treatment and 30 birds each. The experimental groups were kept in a cold c...

A study was conducted to determine the effects of adherent Lactobacillus culture on growth performance, intestinal microbial population, and serum cholesterol level of broilers. Four dietary treatments, consisting of the basal diet (control), basal diet + 0.05, 0.10, or 0.15% Lactobacillus culture (LC), were fed to 2,000 Arbor Acres broiler chicks from 1 to 42 d of age (DOA). The chicks were ra...

this study was conducted to investigate the effects of dietary influence of aspirin on growth performance, antioxidant status and mortality in the broilers subjected to cold-induced ascites. a total six hundred 1-d old male broilers (ross, 308) were randomly allotted to four treatment groups, with five replicate pens per treatment and 30 birds each. the experimental groups were kept in a cold c...

this experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of emulsifiers such as lecithin and bile salts onbroilers performances fed diet containing vegetable fats. 192 male ross broiler chickens were randomlyallocated in a factorial experiment design of 3 × 2, consisting two sources of fat (four percent fatty acidsor soy bean oil) and three emulsifiers (none, one percent lecithin and 0.05 percent b...

In the current Iranian poultry industry, antibiotics are the most frequently used additive in feeds to increase the productivity. Regarding the negative effects on human health due to consuming chicken whose feeds contain antibiotics, finding an appropriate alternative is of a great importance. This study aims to find an appropriate and harmless feed additive to increase the quality and quantit...