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- Title
EFFECT OF MANNAN OLIGOSACCHARIDES AND β-GLUCANS ON PRODUCTIVE PERFORMANCE AND SOME PHYSIOLOGICAL AND IMMUNOLOGICAL PARAMETERS OF GROWING JAPANESE QUAIL CHICKS.
- Authors
Mousa, S. M. M.; Soliman, M. M.; Bahakaim, A. S. A.
- Abstract
In this experiment Glycomoss (G) or Mox (M) (foreign and local products, respectively) were used as a source of mannan oligosaccharides (MOS) and β -glucans (28%mannan oligosaccharides and 34% β-glucans). A total number of 225 unsexed-oneday old Japanese quail chicks were individually weighed and randomly distributed into 5 equal experimental groups with three replicates of 15 chicks each. The first group (T1) was fed the basal diet and served as control group. The second (T2) and third (T3) groups were fed the basal diet supplemented with Glycomoss (G) at 0.50 and 0.75 g/kg, respectively. The fourth (T4) and fifth (T5) groups were fed the basal diet supplemented with Mox (M) at 0.50 and 0.75 g/Kg, respectively. The experiment lasted for 6 weeks. The results obtained could be summarized as follows: quail chicks of T2 had the best values for live body weight (LBW), live body weight gain (LBWG), feed conversion ratio (FCR) and mortality rate (MR%) followed by T3, T4 and T5 treatment groups compared with the control diet. Also, chicks of T2 had significantly (P ⩽ 0.05) higher eviscerated carcass and dressing percentages, and significantly (P⩽0.05) lower abdominal fat% as compared to dietaries supplementation and control groups. Concerning edible giblets and lymphoid organs, it could be observed that T2 (0.50g G/kg diet) exhibited the highest relative lymphoid organs weight (thymus, bursa and spleen). Meanwhile, the highest percentages of liver and gizzard were recorded for T3 (0.75g G/kg diet). All dietary additives significantly reduced the total counts of anaerobic and E. coli bacteria, at the same time they increased the beneficial bacteria counts (lactobacillus). Each of plasma total protein, globulin and glucose concentrations as well as RBC and WBC counts were significantly (P⩽0.05) increased, while total lipids (TL), total cholesterol (TCh), Triglycerides (TG), high density lipoproteins (HDL-ch) and low density lipoproteins (LDL-ch) were significantly (P⩽0.05) decreased in all supplementation diets group comparing to the control group. However, plasma concentrations of albumin (Al) and aspartate amino transaminase (AST) and alanine transaminase (ALT) activities as well as lymphocytes (L), heterophil (H) percentages and H/L ratio were not affected. Economic efficiency (EEF) increased by about 71.39, 56.46, 35.70 and 24.50% for T2, T3, T4 and T5, respectively over the control group. From the present study, it could be concluded that supplementing diet with 0.50g Glycomoss/kg diet (as a source of mannan oligosaccharides and β-glucans) significantly improved the growth performance, carcass characteristic and some physiological and immunological parameters of Japanese quail chicks during growth period.
- Subjects
JAPANESE quail; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; POULTRY hatcheries; INFANT domestic animals; ANIMAL feeding behavior
- Publication
Egyptian Poultry Science Journal, 2014, Vol 34, Issue 2, p433
- ISSN
2090-0570
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.21608/epsj.2014.5355