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IMPROVING UTILIZATION OF ACACIA LEAVES MEAL AND ITS EFFECTS ON BROILERS PERFORMANCE.

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Two hundred and forty day old Cobb broiler chicks were distributed into eight groups; the experimental treatments were arranged in a factorial design (2x4) by using two levels of tartaric acid (0 and 0.30 %) and four levels of Acacia saligna leaves meal (ALM) L1, L2, L3 and L4 to be 0, 3, 6 and 9%, respectively. Results showed that supplemented broiler diets with 0.30%of tartaric acid improved digestion coefficients of CP, CF, NFE , DCP, live body weight , body gain ,feed conversion ,increased edible giblets%, digestive tract weight (%) and digestive tract length (cm)  compared with the control. Increasing the level of ALM in the diet from 0 to 9% decreased the digestibility of nutrients , live body weight ,body gain and  digestive tract weight (%) but , increased feed intake , edible giblets% and digestive tract length (cm) and gave inferior feed conversion. The interaction between organic acid addition and ALM level had a significant effect on improving the digestion coefficients of CP, CF, NFE , DCP, live body weight and body gain. A significant decrease in values of feed intake, feed conversion, edible giblets% and digestive tract length (cm) was seen in this respect. Also, a significant decrease in digestive tract weight (%) was detected among the fourth experimental groups fed ALM with 0.30% tartaric acid compared with the other un-treated groups. Supplemented broiler diets with 6% of ALM with 0.30%of tartaric acid improved economic efficiency % of feed and relative economic efficiency of feed as compared with the control group.  It may be concluded that using 6% of Acacia leaves meal and adding 0.30% tartaric acid in the diet reflect desirable results on broilers performance.

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10.21608/epsj.2019.48276

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Acacia leaves meal – tartaric acid and broilers performance

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mona

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hassan

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mohamed

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1Anim. and Poult. Nut.Dep.t,Desert Res. Center, Mata.,Cairo, Egypt.

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monamohamed01210@yahoo.com

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cairo

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Abd El-Dayem

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Anim. and Poul. Nutrition Dept., Desert Rese. Center, Cairo, Egypt.

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39

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3

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7262

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2019-09-01

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2019-08-17

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2019-09-01

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657

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672

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1110-5623

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2090-0570

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Egyptian Poultry Science Journal

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IMPROVING UTILIZATION OF ACACIA LEAVES MEAL AND ITS EFFECTS ON BROILERS PERFORMANCE.

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22 Jan 2023