Beneficial effect of phytobiotic and synbiotic feed additives on growth performance, carcass characteristics and meat quality of broiler chicken

Author: A. B. Falowo
andrew.falowo@aaua.edu.ng
Abstract:
Phytobiotic and synbiotic feed additives are commonly used in animal diets to stimulate growth performance, and improve welfare, health, and quality of meat. Thus, this study was designed to examine the effect of phytobiotic (Superliv powder®, SP) and synbiotic (Bacflora-F®, BF) feed additives on growth performance, carcass characteristics, and meat quality of broiler chickens. A total of 120 day-old Arbor Acres broiler chicks were randomly allotted to four dietary treatments, with three replicates of 10 birds per treatment as follows, Diet 1 (basal/control diet), Diet 2 (basal + 0.05 g/kg SP), Diet 3 (basal + 1g/kg BF) and Diet 4 (basal + 0.05g/kg SP and 1g/kg BF). The dietary supplementation of SP and BF feed additives significantly (p < 0.05) increased the body weight gain of the broiler chickens compared to the control. The broiler chickens fed diets supplemented with SP and BF had higher (p 0.05) were observed in the weight of the internal organs of the broiler chickens across the treatments. However, the supplementation of SP and BF additives in the diets significantly (p < 0.05) lowered the cholesterol content in the breast muscle of the broiler chickens compared to the control group. This study has showed that SP and BF could be used as potential feed supplements in a broiler diet to enhance growth performance, maintain the carcass traits and reduce meat cholesterol levels in chicken.

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Key Words: Broiler, meat quality, performance, phytobiotic, symbiotic.
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A.B. Falowo (2022). Beneficial effect of phytobiotic and synbiotic feed additives on growth performance, carcass characteristics and meat quality of broiler chicken. Annals of Anim. Bio. Res., 2(1): 61-70

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