Performance of broilers fed diets containing natural growth promoters

AUTOR(ES)

Pelicano, ERL, Souza, PA, Souza, HBA, Oba, A, Norkus, EA, Kodawara, LM, Lima, TMA

FONTE

Revista Brasileira de Ciência Avícola

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2004-12

RESUMO

The present study evaluated the effect of different probiotics on the performance of broiler chickens. A thousand and fifty one-day-old male Cobb chicks were distributed in a completely randomized design in a 3 x 2 + 1 factorial arrangement (3 probiotics sources in the diet, 2 probiotics concentrations in drinking water and 1 control group), with 5 repetitions of 30 birds per parcel. The results showed better feed conversion (p<0.01) (1-21, 22-35 and 1-45 days) and weight gain (p<0.05) (22-35 and 1-45 days) in the control group in relation to the groups receiving probiotics. The use of Bacillus subtilis in the diet improved (p<0.05) feed conversion during the growing phase, but this was not seen in the following period. Thus, it was concluded that probiotics supplementation had no beneficial effects on the performance.

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