Introduction & Aim: The aim the present study is to examine the effects of Boswellia serrata Triana & Planch on (immune response) performance and carcass characteristic in broiler chicks.  Experimental: In this study, 360 one day old chicks (Ross 308) were allocated to six treatments with four replicates in a completely randomized design for a six week period. Treatments consisted of ...

Sawdust and wood shavings are the major industrial waste from its related industries. Steam-explosion treatment enhances utilizable fiber fraction in pinewood particles. This study investigated effects of adding up to 2% steam-exploded pine particles (SPPs) diets on growth performance cecal microbiome broilers. On 8th day age, 216 Ross 308 broilers were allocated three treatments 72 broilers/gr...

A multifunctional transgenic Lactobacillus with probiotic characteristics and an ability to degrade β-glucan and phytic acid (phytate) was engineered to improve nutrient utilization, increase production performance and decrease digestive diseases in broiler chickens. The Bacillus subtilis WL001 endoglucanase gene (celW) and Aspergillus fumigatus WL002 phytase gene (phyW) mature peptide (phyWM) ...

In order to evaluate the effect of diets with Ganoderma lucidum mushroom powder and zinc-bacitracin on growth performance, carcass traits, lymphoid organ weights, intestinal characteristics in broilers, a total 600 one-day-old unsexed broilers from Cobb 500 MV × FF genotype was analyzed for 28 days, following completely randomized design three dietary treatments, five replicates 40 birds per re...

This study was carried out to investigate the effect of humic acids (HA) supplementation provided through drinking water on performance, carcass and some gut traits of broilers. In a randomized design, 480 mixed-sexes Ross 308 broilers were allocated into four experimental groups consisted of four replicate (30 birds per replication). All birds were housed in pens over 42 day. All chickens were...

Phase-feeding (PF; Treatment 2) was tested relative to an NRC regimen (Treatment 1) to evaluate the impact of PF on broilers during the finisher period (42 to 63 d). Two modified PF treatments were also tested during this experiment: Treatment 3 involved lowering the amino acid requirements predicted with PF linear regression equations by 10% (PF10), Treatment 4 involved increasing the slope of...

AIM The present study was conducted to evaluate the effect of partial supplementation of sun-dried Azolla as a protein source on the immunity of commercial broilers in coastal Odisha. MATERIALS AND METHODS A 180 day-old broiler chicks were distributed in six dietary treatments viz. C1: Basal diet, C2: Basal diet + enzyme, T1: Basal diet +5% protein from Azolla, T2: Basal diet + 5% protein fro...

In order to investigate cecal coccidiosis in broilers fed zeolite mixtures, two experiments were performed. The first was carried out in vitro, where the concentration of anticoccidial medicine not adsorbed by zeolites was determined by a spectrophotometric method. In the second experiment 100 one-day old broilers were divided into two groups that were fed with mixed feed containing the anticoc...

The efficacy of 5 antimalarial drugs was evaluated on P. gallinaceum infected broilers. One hundred and forty-seven 19-day-old broilers were divided into 7 groups of 21 chicks each. Group 1 was the unmedicated, uninfected control. Groups 2-6 were infected and medicated with artesunate, chloroquine, doxycycline, primaquine and an artesunate-primaquine combination, respectively. Group 7 was the u...

This study was conducted to investigate the effects of protease supplementation on behaviour, slaughter performance, meat quality, and immune organ indices broilers. A total 240 one-day-old Arbor Acres broiler chickens were randomly allocated four treatments, with six replicates per treatment 10 broilers replicate. Chickens fed corn-soybean meal basal diets supplemented 0, 4, 8, 12 IU/g p...