An experiment was conducted with 240, unsexed day old Arbor Acre broiler chicks to evaluate the benefit of replacing full fat soya (FFSM) whole kenaf (Hibiscus cannabinus L.) seed meal (WKSM) in diets on haematology, serum biochemistry and organs weight chicken a 2 x 3 factorial arrangement, consisting two processing methods (raw RKM roasted HKM) inclusion levels (10%, 20% 30%). Blood samples w...

Phytochemicals have demonstrated considerable influence against pathogenic microbes in vitro without antimicrobial resistance. A number of studies also reported an improved growth performance poultry with their supplementation. In vivo efficacy soursop leaf extract (SLE) was evaluated a 49-day study on the (GP), intestinal and morphology broiler chickens. Two hundred day-old chicks (Arbor Acres...

The objective of this study was to investigate the effect exogenous protease supplementation in diets formulated with poultry by-product meal on growth performance, small intestine magnitudes, and meat physiochemical characters broiler chickens from 21 35 days post-hatch. A total 120, one-day-old "Arbor Acres Plus" (male: female - 50:50) were allocated one two dietary treatments give six replic...

An investigation was carried out to evaluate the growth performance of six commercial broiler hybridsavailable in Iran (Arbor Acres, Arian, Cobb 500, Hubbard, Lohmann and Ross 508). Two hundred and fiftyfertile eggs of each hybrid were taken from different breeder farms, all over the country. The similarity offlocks ages and their health conditions were considered. After hatching, the sexed chi...

BACKGROUND Glucocorticoid has an important effect on lipid metabolism in muscles, and the type of fatty acid likely affects mitochondrial utilization. Therefore, we hypothesize that the different fatty acid types treatment may affect the glucocorticoid induction of intramuscular lipid accumulation. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS The effect of dexamethasone (DEX) on fatty acid metabolism and s...

Calorie restriction leads to greater Akt2 activity and glucose uptake by insulin-stimulated 1 skeletal muscle from old rats 2 3 Haiyan Wang, Edward B. Arias, and Gregory D. Cartee 4 Muscle Biology Laboratory, School of Kinesiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 5 College of Physical Education and Health, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China 6 Department of Molecular and Integra...

Broilers and broiler meat products are highly contaminated with extended spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) or plasmid-mediated AmpC beta-lactamase producing Escherichia coli and are considered to be a source for human infections. Both horizontal and vertical transmission might play a role in the presence of these strains in broilers. As not much is known about the presence of these strains in the ...

BACKGROUND: Growth promoters are chemical and biologicalsubstances that are added to livestock food with the aimto improve the growth of chickens in fattening and the utilizationof food, and in this way achieve better production and financialresults. OBJECTIVES:An experiment was conducted to evaluatethe effects of enzyme complex, probiotic, and their combinationon performance of broilers fed a ...

A total number of  5520 female and  480 male breeders (Arbor Acres plus) at 42wks of age  were used in a 10-week-trial to investigate the effect of an enzyme complex on  the quality  and quantity of egg production as well as hatchability of broiler breeders fed a corn-soybean meal diet. There were two dietary treatment groups: a control group fed on a corn-soybean based diet, and the multi-enzy...