Impacts of Probiotic feeding on Behavior and Welfare related parameters of Heat Stressed Broilers
This study was performed to detect the efficacy of probiotic (PROBAC plus) as anti-stress on behavior and welfare of heat-stressed broilers (32-35oc) from age 22d to 42d. One-hundred twenty chick were divided into 4 groups. The first group was control (basal diet), second was broilers reared at high...
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| description | This study was performed to detect the efficacy of probiotic (PROBAC plus) as anti-stress on behavior and welfare of heat-stressed broilers (32-35oc) from age 22d to 42d. One-hundred twenty chick were divided into 4 groups. The first group was control (basal diet), second was broilers reared at high temperature (basal diet), third was broilers reared at high temperature (basal diet + Probiotic) and fourth was probiotic group (basal diet + probiotic). Behavioral patterns of broilers were recorded from week 4 till the end of the experiment. At last day of experiment, 10 birds from each group were slaughtered to collect blood samples. Blood films were stained for measuring heterophils / lymphocytes (H / L) ratio. Serum cortisol was measured. The results showed that feeding, comfort behaviors, and movement activities of heat-stressed broilers were decreased while the drinking frequency was increased. Heat-stressed birds showed higher H / L ratio and cortisol concentration. Addition of probiotic either to diets of birds reared with or without stress improved some behaviors of birds and decreased H / L ratio and cortisol hormone. These results suggest that feeding of probiotic can be a useful tool to counteract the adverse effects of heat stress in broiler industry. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e52d95af29c44191ac398783de93ebab2022-12-21T23:09:45ZengSouth Valley UniversitySVU-International Journal of Veterinary Sciences2535-18262535-18772021-03-0141879610.21608/SVU.2021.58578.1101Impacts of Probiotic feeding on Behavior and Welfare related parameters of Heat Stressed BroilersEslam Khalifa Hassan Ahmed0 Moataz Ahmed Abdel-Rahman1Khaled Ahmed Ghareeb2Department of Animal Behavior and Management, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, South Valley University, Qena, EgyptDept. of Behavior, management and animal wealth, faculty of veterinary medicine, Minia university, Minia, EgyptDepartment of Animal Behavior and Management, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, South Valley University, Qena, EgyptThis study was performed to detect the efficacy of probiotic (PROBAC plus) as anti-stress on behavior and welfare of heat-stressed broilers (32-35oc) from age 22d to 42d. One-hundred twenty chick were divided into 4 groups. The first group was control (basal diet), second was broilers reared at high temperature (basal diet), third was broilers reared at high temperature (basal diet + Probiotic) and fourth was probiotic group (basal diet + probiotic). Behavioral patterns of broilers were recorded from week 4 till the end of the experiment. At last day of experiment, 10 birds from each group were slaughtered to collect blood samples. Blood films were stained for measuring heterophils / lymphocytes (H / L) ratio. Serum cortisol was measured. The results showed that feeding, comfort behaviors, and movement activities of heat-stressed broilers were decreased while the drinking frequency was increased. Heat-stressed birds showed higher H / L ratio and cortisol concentration. Addition of probiotic either to diets of birds reared with or without stress improved some behaviors of birds and decreased H / L ratio and cortisol hormone. These results suggest that feeding of probiotic can be a useful tool to counteract the adverse effects of heat stress in broiler industry.https://svu.journals.ekb.eg/article_160266.htmlbehaviorwelfarebroilersheat stressprobiotic |
| spellingShingle | Eslam Khalifa Hassan Ahmed Moataz Ahmed Abdel-Rahman Khaled Ahmed Ghareeb Impacts of Probiotic feeding on Behavior and Welfare related parameters of Heat Stressed Broilers SVU-International Journal of Veterinary Sciences behavior welfare broilers heat stress probiotic |
| title | Impacts of Probiotic feeding on Behavior and Welfare related parameters of Heat Stressed Broilers |
| title_full | Impacts of Probiotic feeding on Behavior and Welfare related parameters of Heat Stressed Broilers |
| title_fullStr | Impacts of Probiotic feeding on Behavior and Welfare related parameters of Heat Stressed Broilers |
| title_full_unstemmed | Impacts of Probiotic feeding on Behavior and Welfare related parameters of Heat Stressed Broilers |
| title_short | Impacts of Probiotic feeding on Behavior and Welfare related parameters of Heat Stressed Broilers |
| title_sort | impacts of probiotic feeding on behavior and welfare related parameters of heat stressed broilers |
| topic | behavior welfare broilers heat stress probiotic |
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