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Effect of Prebiotic on the Behavioural Patterns, Performance, Carcass Characteristics, Antibody Titer and Some Blood Parameters of Mule Ducks

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Last updated: 22 Jan 2023

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This study was conducted to investigate the effects of dietary supplementation of prebiotic on behavioural patterns performance and some blood parameters of ducks. A total of forty-eight 15 days-aged ducks (Mule) were randomly allotted to three dietary treatments containing 0 (Control), 1.5 g/ kg and 3.0 g/kg prebiotic, respectively. The results indicated that using prebiotic as a feed additive at a dose of 1.5 g/kg effect on duck movement activities as it increased walking and standing activities, while it reduced the resting behavioural activities. Further, regarding the ingestive behaviour, both 1.5 and 3.0 g/kg prebiotic addition increased the feeding activities, while, only adding 3.0 g/kg prebiotic increased the drinking activities in comparison to the control. Moreover, the result indicated that prebiotic did not affect preening activities. Moreover, the inclusion of prebiotic at 1.5 or 3.0 g/kg caused numerical improvement in all measured performance parameters (i.e. body weight, weight gain, feed consumption, feed conversion ratio, caloric conversion ratio, and performance index). The 3.0 g/kg level of prebiotic induced significant decreased in serum cholesterol and both 1.5 and 3.0 g/kg prebiotic increased the HI titer of Avian influenza vaccine. In conclusion, prebiotic supplementations up to 0.30 g/kg diet show a non-significant positive effect on duck growth performance. However, the behavioural and haematological responses of duck to prebiotic supplementation are needed to be carefully considered.

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10.21608/svu.2019.16763.1028

Keywords

Duck, prebiotic, Behavior, performance, blood parameters

Authors

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Usama

Last Name

Mahmoud

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T.

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Department of Animal Hygiene, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Assiut University 71515, Egypt

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First Name

Rasha

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Hassan

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Department of Animal and Clinical Nutrition, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Assiut University 71515 , Assiut - Egypt

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rasha_feeding@yahoo.com

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Assiut

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First Name

Omar

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Amen

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Department of Poultry Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Assiut University 71515, Egypt

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First Name

Ghada

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Abdel-Raheem

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Departments of Animal and Clinical Nutrition, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Assiut University 71515, Egypt

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ghada_sharaf@yahoo.com

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Diya

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Al-Rammamneh

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Department of Biology, Faculty of Tayma, Tabuk University, 71491, Tabuk, KSA

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3

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1

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10183

Issue Date

2020-06-01

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2019-09-17

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2020-06-01

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27

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38

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2535-1826

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2535-1877

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SVU_Volume 3_Issue 1_Pages 27-38.pdf

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SVU-International Journal of Veterinary Sciences

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22 Jan 2023