Background & aim: The fruit of Citrullus colocynthis has a bitter taste and antibacterial properties against pathogen factors.The aim of current research was to study the effects of different dietary level of bitter cucumber fruit powderwith and without protexin probiotic supplementation on growth performance, carcass traits and intestinal morphology of broiler chicks....

A feeding trial was conducted to investigate the effect of dietary supplementation of Bacillus subtilis LS 1-2 grown on citrus-juice waste and corn-soybean substrate on growth performance, nutrient retention, caecal microbial population and intestinal morphology in broilers. Three hundred twenty d-old Ross chicks were randomly allotted to 4 treatments on the basis of BW in a randomized complete...

this study was conducted to compare the effect of various commercial in-feed disinfectants on layer performance, intestinal microflora, and egg cholesterol. one hundred and eight layer hens (lsl, 24 wks of age) were divided into six groups consisting: control, formaycin-200 ppm, formalin-200 ppm, and nanosilver in feed-15 ppm or drinking water-7.5 ppm. there were no differences between experime...

The goal of this study was to investigate the effects Lactobacillus plantarum (L. plantarum) supplementation on growth performance, nutrient digestibility, gas emission, excreta microbiota, and meat quality in broilers. A total two hundred eighty-eight, one-day-old Ross-308 chicks (mixed sex) were randomly allocated one treatments with eight replicated cages (18 per cage). For a period 35 days,...

The present and future high demand of common cereals as corn wheat encourage the development feed processing technology that allows for dietary inclusion other low nutritional value in poultry feeding. Barley grains contain anti-nutritional factors limit their industry. treatment barley with solid-state fermentation exogenous enzymes (FBEs) provides a good alternative to cereals. In this study,...

This study evaluated the effects of elevated incubation temperature on posthatch nutrient transporter gene expression, integrity of the intestinal epithelium, organ development, and performance in Ross 308 broiler chickens. Ross × Ross 308 fertile eggs (n = 900) were incubated at different eggshell temperatures during development. From embryonic day (ED) 1 to ED12, all eggs were incubated at 37...

ABSTRACT This study was designed to determine the effect of a combination propionic-acetic acid on body weight, relative weight some organs, lactic bacteria, and intestinal pH neonatal broilers. A total 60 1-day-old Ross 308® broiler chickens were randomly placed in metabolic cages two treatments, three replicates, ten birds per replicates. The treatments consisted control diet (CD) CD + 0.03% ...

The microbial profiles and activities of microbes in the digesta from chickens on diets containing Bogong or Canobolas with or without inclusion of microbial enzymes were investigated on the 384 day-old male Ross 308 broiler chickens. There was a reduction in population of C. perfringens (P < 0.01) of the ileum as a result of interaction between cultivar and xylanase. On the other hand, in the ...

The present study was aimed at studying the effects of inclusion of pomegranate seed extract to fat-containing diets on nutrients digestibility, intestinal microflora and performance of broilers. A total of 320 one-day-old broiler chicks (Ross 308) were selected in a 2 × 2 × 2 factorial experiment in a completely randomized design with 4 replicates o...