A comparative study was performed to investigate the efficacy of KiFAY as a feed additive on performance parameters, thyroid, and pancreatic hormone levels in broilers. Ninety birds (Vencobb 400) were randomly divided into three groups viz., Control (no DL-methionine supplementation), Treatment1 (containing added DL-methionine) and Treatment 2 (containing KiFAY and without DL-methionine supplem...

a study was conducted to evaluate the effects of blood pressure medications on index of liver damage in ascites incidence in broilers. a completely randomized experimental design with a 2×3 factorial arrangement (sex and feed additive), with 3 replicates of 12 birds, with 216 (108 male and 108 female) one-day-old (ross 308) was applied. feed additive includes control (without feed additive) lev...

background: the degree to which the amount of aningested nutrient is absorbed and available to the body is calledbioavailability. objectives: relative effectiveness of herbalmethionine (h-met®) compared to dl-methionine (dl-met)was investigated in this experiment. methods: exponentialregression analysis was used to determine bioefficacy of h-met®based on body weight gain, feed intake and feed c...

An experiment was conducted to evaluate the effects of one alpha-hydroxycholecalciferol (1α-OH D3) on growth performance, tibia quality, and skin and meat color in broilers fed calcium (Ca)- and phosphorus (P)-deficient corn-soybean meal diets. A total of 288 male Ross broilers, at 21 days of age, were randomly assigned to three treatments with eight cages per treatment. Three levels of 1α-OH D...

Nine thousand eight hundred, day old male Cobb X Cobb broilers were utilized in a 5x2 factorial design (10 replications/treatment) to determine the effects of five B-vitamins (riboflavin, pantothenic acid, niacin, B12 and folic acid) fortification levels (NRC, 2X, 4X, 8X and 16X NRC) and two levels of stress (low and moderate) on the performance of 0-49 day broilers. Diets were formulated to be...

Male broilers (n = 416) were used to compare the efficacy of providing dietary phytase either as a commercial supplement or as a recombinant protein in transformed soybean. From 7 to 21 d of age, broilers were fed a basal diet containing 0.20% nonphytate P (nP) with additional supplementation by fungal phytase as Natuphos or as raw transformed soybeans expressing recombinant phytase at 400, 800...

Forty-five, day-old broiler chicks with an initial average weight of 30.25±2.40 g were divided into three groups of fifteen animals each. The first group was placed on soybean-based (control) diet; the second group on raw (unfermented) T. catappa seed meal-based diet; and the third on A. niger-fermented T. catappa seed meal-based diet, for seven (7) weeks. Feed intake, feed conversion ratio, av...

The aim of the study was to compare the growth performance and carcass quality of layer-type cockerels and broilers reared under identical conditions. A total of 180 one-day-old broiler male (BM), broiler female (BF) and brown layer male (LM) chicks were distributed into 9 floor pens in a completely randomized design, with 3 replicates of 20 birds per experimental unit. The body weights and fee...

Background: Coccidiosis is recognized as the parasitic disease that has the greatest economic impact on poultry production. Modern poultry production is largely dependent upon anticoccidials. Objectives: The aim of the present study was to determine and compare the efficacy of two chemical anticoccidials (Clopidol and Diclazuril) on oocyst shedding and their probable effects on growth performan...

the purpose of this study, was to evaluate the use of echinacea purpurea (ep) root as a feed additive in broiler chicken diets. 340 7-d-old male broilers (ross 308) were randomly allocated into 5 experimental treatments (with 4 replicates) including control diet without additive, experimental diet supplemented by flavophospholipol (fl) (650 ppm) and three experimental diets were supplemented by...