materials for this study were consisted of 100 carcasses of broiler chickens aged 14 to 60 which had died from respiratory problems and/or gumboro disease with diarrhea. these carcasses were submitted from local poultry farms to the department of poultry diseases of the veterinary college of islamic azad university, tabriz branch for post mortem examination. intestinal faecal from colac and cec...

Corn distillers dried grains with soluble (DDGS) is a by-product of the ethanol industry and also it can be obtained from wheat, barley, sorghum and other carbohydrate sources in ethanol plants. It has high protein and energy content therefore can be evaluated as a by-product for poultry. However, its high levels in poultry diets have been restricted due to some negative effects on poultry perf...

Along the plant ingredients, rendered animal protein sources such as blood meal, meat and bone meal and poultry by-product meal have potential to be replaced by fishmeal in rainbow trout feed. Therefore, the main objective of the present study is to determine the effect of full replacement of fishmeal by poultry by-products meal (PBM) on fish performance, nutrient digestibility and also liver c...

the genus campylobacter  is of great importance to public health because it includes several species that may cause diarrhoea. poultry and poultry products are known as important sources of human campylobacteriosis. in this study, during the autumn months of 2005, a total of 100 samples from poultry carcasses, representing 20 broiler flocks were obtained by rinse test, after the chilling stage ...

the red mite of poultry, dremanyssus gallinae, is the most important hematophagous ectoparasite of poultry. in this study, pathologic changes of its biting on the poultry skin have been investigated. thirty-two (control = 16 and treatment = 16) four weeks old ross broilers (308) were infested with the mite on skin of hock joins. samples were collected after 1, 24, 72 hours and 10 days. the skin...

Background: Much attention has been paid to poultry feed processing and the contamination In Iran in order to improve the production and reduce the waste.  No information is available on the fungal contamination and the strains found in processed (pellet) and non-processed (mash) poultry feeds. This study was designed to determine the hygienic condition and the risk of fungal contamination...

The value of dietary exogenous enzymes in promoting growth and efficiency of feed utilization is well recognized in poultry industry. In a case of high-cost yellow corn, several feed producers are choosing to replace yellow corn with other ingredients that have lower nutritional value like triticale, wheat, barley or sorghum. These crops are rich in non-starch polysaccharides (NSPs), and there ...

Phytate in poultry rations containing rice bran (RB) critically reduce poultry performance while increasing N and P excretion. The objective of this study was to determine whether the anti-nutritive problems associated with higher inclusions of rice bran in poultry rations (up to 40%) could be mitigated with mega doses of phytase. Twenty days old male broiler chicks (n=180) in 60 floor pens wer...

Along the plant ingredients, rendered animal protein sources such as blood meal, meat and bone meal and poultry by-product meal have potential to be replaced by fishmeal in rainbow trout feed. Therefore, the main objective of the present study is to determine the effect of full replacement of fishmeal by poultry by-products meal (PBM) on fish performance, nutrient digestibility and also liver c...