This study was conducted to evaluate the effects of dietary supplementation of organic acids (AH) (lactic, formic and citric), probiotic (MVS) (Lactobacillus, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, and Aspergillus), and a combination of organic acids and probiotic (AHM) on the performances, feed conversion ratio and fecal E.coli excretion of commercial Cobb broiler chickens. Total 320 Cobb 500 chickens at 1 day of age were divided into 4 groups of 4 treatments. The control (ĐC) was basal diet without any organic acid or probiotic added in the diet, other treatments were AH (2%), MVS (2%) and combination of AH (1%) +MVS (1%) (AHM) supplementations by the week. Average daily gain (ADG) from birds fed with 3 supplemented diets with AH (53,74 g/day), MVS (55,91 g/day ) and AHM (56,1 g/day) were higher than that from ĐC (52,02 g/day).Feed intake was non significant differences between 4 treatments. Howevers, there were significantly lower feed conversion ratio (FCR) in AHM chickens (1,67 kg feed/kg gain) than the others treatments especially ĐC (1,77 kg feed/kg gain). Moreover, E.coli content in the chickens feces was highest in the chickens fed ĐC diet (1,91x106CFU/g) then AH diet (1,63 x106CFU/g)and lowest in the AHM chickens (1,52 106CFU/g). The morbility and mortality of chickens fed AHM was lowest (18,9% and 4,25%) in comparision with control diet (28,9% and 6,75%). In conclusion, it should be better in growing performance of broiler Cobb chickens when a combination of organic acids and probiotic was supplemented to diet by the week insteat of using antibiotic in broiler chickens diet.
Tạp chí khoa học Trường Đại học Cần Thơ
Lầu 4, Nhà Điều Hành, Khu II, đường 3/2, P. Xuân Khánh, Q. Ninh Kiều, TP. Cần Thơ
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