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Effect of dietary supplementation of phytogenic feed additives on broiler performance and economic efficiency

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Last updated: 22 Jan 2023

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Animal Nutrition

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This study was conducted to explore the use of phytogenic feed additives (PFAs) in broiler nutrition as a natural growth promoter. Two commercial phytogenic products; Activo ® and Digestarom® P.E.P were added to a standard diet to determine their effect on growth performance and cost economics. A total of 180 one-day-old chicks (Cobb 500) were allotted to three treatment groups of three replicates (20 chicks / replicate). The dietary treatments were as follows: group (1) control (basal diet), group (2) basal diet + 100g/ton Activo® and group (3) basal diet + 150g/ton Digestarom® . Results showed that chicks fed PFAs had significantly higher (P ≤ 0.05) body weight and body weight gain than control, however feed intake was decreased (P ≤ 0.05) in supplemented groups than control and, in turn, caused an improvement (P ≤ 0.05) in feed conversion ratio. European Broiler index was increased in Activo® fed group and Digestarom® fed group compared to negative control. Interestingly, a lower feed cost was recorded in the supplemented groups combined with a higher growth rate and, therefore, a higher net return was observed. Moreover, economic efficiency showed a significant (P ≤ 0.05) difference in PFAs supplemented groups compared to the control .In conclusion, supplementation of broiler diets with PFAs can improve body weight gain, feed conversion ratio and overall broiler performance .The best economic efficiency was recorded in broilers fed PFAs.

DOI

10.21608/bvmj.2021.73282.1400

Keywords

Phytogenic feed additives, broiler, Growth performance, Cost economics

Authors

First Name

Nasser

Last Name

Khader

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Department of Nutrition and clinical nutrition , faculty of veterinary medicine Benha university cairor, Egypt

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nasser.khader@fvtm.bu.edu.eg

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Toukh

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0000-0003-4112-1637

First Name

tahia

Last Name

ahmed

MiddleName

elsayed

Affiliation

nutrition and clinical nutrition, veterinary medicine, banha university, alzaqaziq, Egypt

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tahiah.ismail01@fvtm.bu.edu.eg

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alzaqaziq

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First Name

Aya

Last Name

Ahmed

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Nutrition and clinical nutrition department Faculty of veterinary medicine ,Benha university ,Egypt

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aya.abdo@fvtm.bu.edu.eg

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Tokh

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000-0001-8488-2116

Volume

40

Article Issue

2

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26492

Issue Date

2021-07-01

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2021-04-23

Publish Date

2021-07-01

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137

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143

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1110-6581

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812

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Benha Veterinary Medical Journal

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22 Jan 2023