the present study was carried out to examine the effects of a vitamin premix (vp) reduction or withdrawal from finisher diet (29-43 days) on performance, immuno-competence, and characteristics of leg bones and meat lipid oxidation of chickens fed on corn-soybean meal based diet. a total of 900 male broiler chickens (ross 308) were allocated to five treatment groups (0, 33%, 66%, 100% and 133% v...

in order to study the effects of various levels of protein in diet based on total and digestible amino acids on performance and carcass traits of broilers, an experiment was conducted as a completely randomized design with 288 broiler chicks from cobb 500 strain in 6 treatments, each treatment consist of 3 replicates with 16 chicks per replicate. treatments were the diets as follow: 1) diet for...

the aim of this study was to investigate the effect of commercial herbal and chemical medicines on growth performance, serum lipids, intestinal selected bacterial population and intestinal morphology of broiler chickens. in this study, 450 day-old female broiler chickens (arian strain) were divided into 10 treatments with three replicates of 15 chicks per replicate. on day 14 of the experiment,...

this experiment was conducted to evaluate the effects of different levels of dried aerial parts powderand extract of pennyroyal­ (mentha pulegium) medicinal plant on performance, egg traits, blood biochemical and immunity parameters of laying hens. two-hundred-fifty-two hi-line (w36 strain) laying hens from 46 until 58 weeks of age were used in a completely randomized design in 7 treatments and...

An experiment was conducted to evaluate the effects of supplementing black cumin (Nigella sativa) seeds (BCS) in diet on performance, liver weight and enzymes of broilers.The experiment was conducted as a randomized complete block design. Two hundred forty day-old unsexed broiler chicks (Cobb 500) were divided into four groups and assigned to four feeding treatments, with four replicates of 15 ...

 The influence of five pure diets of isonitrogenous and isoenergic with different ratios of Clupeidae fish oil (F) and soybean oil (S) on growth, molting and survival of narrow-clawed crayfish, Astacus leptodactylus, was evaluated during an 8-weeks trial. As soybean oil replaced with fish oil in each treatment, gently. Test diets were inclusive F0/S100, F30/S70, F50/S50, F70/S30 and F100/S0 fis...

an experiment was conducted to evaluate the effects of supplementing black cumin (nigella sativa) seeds (bcs) in diet on performance, liver weight and enzymes of broilers.the experiment was conducted as a randomized complete block design. two hundred forty day-old unsexed broiler chicks (cobb 500) were divided into four groups and assigned to four feeding treatments, with four replicates of 15 ...

This study was designed to investigate the effects of different levels of Tarragon powder on performance, carcass characteristics of broiler chickens. Two hundred Ross 308 male broiler chickens were randomly allocated into four treatments and five replicates per treatment. At each replicate ten birds were used. Experimental diets were set on the basis of corn-soy-wheat and Ross 308 broiler chic...

This study was designed to investigate the effects of different levels of Tarragon powder on performance, carcass characteristics of broiler chickens. Two hundred Ross 308 male broiler chickens were randomly allocated into four treatments and five replicates per treatment. At each replicate ten birds were used. Experimental diets were set on the basis of corn-soy-wheat and Ross 308 broiler chic...