the aim of this study was to compare the effects of three antibiotic alternatives with a control (antibiotic-free) and an antibiotic diet on performance and gut morphology of broilers reared on litter. 600 day-old ross-308 chicks were assigned to 48 pens in a crd design with 6 × 2 factorial arrangements, in which 2 levels of chick density (5 and 7.5 chicks/m2) and 6 experimental diets (control,...

the effect of feeding barley-based diets (%60) supplemented with four commercial enzymes containing xylanase and ?-glucanase activities were investigated on performance and gastrointestinal size of broiler chicks. the enzyme supplemented diets were compared with unsupplemented barley- or corn-based diets. a total of 234-day-old male broiler chicks (ross 308) were allocated to 6 treatment groups...

linear programming is a helpful and applied method for diet formulation based on minimum cost, but the minimum cost does not always mean maximum profit. this study was carried out to introduce a new diet formulation method based upon maximum profit to be replaced for minimum cost method. a total of 400 one-day-old broiler chicks (ross 308) were employed in the study. all broilers were fed simil...

the effect of different levels of dried purslane powder (dpp) in broiler diets on performance, immune response and some of blood factors was studied with 160 one day old chicken ross 308 in a completely randomized design with four treatments (diets included with levels zero (control), 2.5, 5 and 7.5 percent dpp), four replicates and 10 chicks in each replication. at 22-42 and 1-42 days differen...

This study is conducted to find out the effect of gradual increase lighting intensity and its on productive performance broilers. In this study, 224 one-day-old Ross 308 broiler chicks were randomly distributed into 4 treatments with Replicates for each treatment i.e. The Of Experiment: T1 program according guide ROSS company (Control Treatment), T2 a every 20 minutes, T3 40 T4 Lighting 60 minu...

this experiment was performed to investigate the effects of propolis and chromium picolinate on performance and immune response of broiler chicken under heat stress conditions. treatments included different levels of propolis (500, 1000, and 1500 mg/kg) and chromium picolinate (1500 µg/ kg) along with a control group. a completely randomized design was taken into account with 4 replicates of 10...

this experiment was carried out to study effect of supplementary multi enzyme (0, 4 gr per 100 kg of diet) to corn-soybean meal based diets with different levels of tomato pomace (tp, 0, 2, 4, 6 and 8 %, respectively) on chick performance and carcass traits. four hundred and eighty 480 day-old chicks (ross-308) were employed [four replicates (n=20)] in a completely randomized experimental desig...

this study was carried out to investigate the effect ofadministration of satureja khuzistanica essential oil (skeo) in drinking water on performance, lipid oxidation, activity of antioxidative enzymes and cholesterol content of thigh meat using 720 one-day-old ross 308 broiler chicks. the skeo was added into drinking water at zero (control-), 200, 300, 400 and 500 mg/l along with a treatment co...

this experiment was conducted to determine the effects of dietary myrtle essential oil on small intestinal morphology and microbiology of broiler chickens. two hundred day-old broiler chickens (ross 308) were allocated to 5 treatments, 4 replications with a completely randomized design. the diets were supplemented with: no myrtle essential oil (control), each of myrtle essential oil at levels o...

in this research 400 ross 308 breeder fertile eggs were weighed at day 16 of incubation and evenly distributed into 4 treatments with 4 replicates per treatment and 25 eggs per replicate in a crd design. on day 18 of incubation, 1 ml of an in ovo feed solution including: i) carbohydrate (cho), ii) amino acid (aa), and iii) butyric acid solution in 0.5% saline was injected into amniotic fluid of...