The effects of selected herbal dietary supplements on the growth performance and carcass quality of broiler chicken were investigated. Three hundred and eight day-old, male broiler chicks of Indian River strain were randomly allotted to seven experimental diets namely negative control, 0.0125% flavomycin (positive control), 0.1% Moringa leaf powder (MLP), 0.05% Moringa leaf powder, 0.035% Zigbi...

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We conducted a survey in broiler farms from Romania to establish prevalence and distribution of Eimeria species using single PCR assay. We found Eimeria spp. in 21 (91%) out of 23 flocks, and in 11 (92%) out of 12 farms. Four species of Eimeria were identified: E. acervulina (21/23; 91%), E. tenella (14/23; 61%), E. maxima (5/23; 22%) and E. praecox (3/23; 13%). Infection with a single species ...

Continuous genetic selection and improvement in nutrition have led to a very fast growth rate in modern strains of broiler chickens. Metabolic disorders such as ascits, sudden death syndrome and leg problems are related to a rapid early growth rate in poultry, especially in broilers, and their incidence can be decreased by slowing early growth. The use of management tools to reduce metabolic di...

Fertility is one of the most important parameters in breeder farms and cockerels play an outstanding role in fertility of eggs in broiler breeder units. Todays, supplementation of feed-additives such as organic selenium is used to increase fertility. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of different levels of Nano-Selenium (Nano-Se) on expression of molecular markers of spermatogon...

abstract: the extreme polymorphism in mhc b-f genes enables the chickens to recognize enormous numbers of foreign peptides to trigger an immune reaction. study of this genetic resources is very important and it is essential to avoid the loss of genetic variability. genetic polymorphism among arian strain, a endogenous broiler chickens in iran, was investigated. in this study pcr-sscp was carrie...

background and aims: avian metapneumovirus (ampv) is rna virus responsible for upper respiratory disease in poultry which is usually accompanied by secondary bacterial infections. in iran, some molecular and serological studies indicated that ampv infection occurred in commercial poultry industry. materials and methods: in this study ampv was molecularly identified and characterized in an affec...

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...

in this experiment, the influence of prebiotic and probiotic supplementation in the broiler breeder diets on body weight, mortality, feed intake, egg production, hatchability and humoral immunity response was investigated. a total number of 13140 female and 1260 male breeders (cobb 500) with 26 wks of age were allocated to three treatments with six replicates (800 birds each replicate). breeder...

this study was conducted to evaluate the long-term effects of in ovo injection of nano-silver, thyme and savory extracts in broiler breeder eggs on growth performance, lymphoid organ weights, immune and blood parameters and bone mineral concentration of broiler chicks. a total of 560 fertilized broiler breeder eggs were divided into 7 groups. on d 5 of incubation, eggs were treated with the fol...