Volume: 55 Issue: 2
Year: 2024, Page: 330-337, Doi: https://doi.org/10.51966/jvas.2024.55.2.330-337
Received: Oct. 12, 2023 Accepted: Nov. 23, 2024 Published: June 30, 2024
This study aimed to assess the impact of supplementing Lactobacillus plantarum as probiotic, Mannan oligosaccharides (MOS) as prebiotic, and combination of probiotic and prebiotic on growth performance and ileal digestibility of nutrients in broiler chickens. A total of 128 Vencobb 430Y chicks were randomly allocated to four treatment groups, each with four replicates, and eight birds per replicate. The control diet was formulated in accordance with BIS recommendations and was fed to birds in T1. T2 birds received a basal diet, in addition 0.6 per cent L. plantarum as probiotic, T3 was supplemented with 0.4 per cent MOS extra, and T4 group added with both probiotic (0.6 per cent) and prebiotic (0.4 per cent) in basal diet. One bird from each replicate was randomly chosen to evaluate ileal nutrient digestibility on the 36th day using Titanium dioxide (TiO2 ) as an external indicator, mixed at a rate of 5 g/kg of feed for six days. On 42nd day, birds were slaughtered, and ileal contents were collected to determine the titanium dioxide concentration. The results indicated that the inclusion of probiotics, prebiotics, and their combinations did not have a significant increase on the ileal digestibility of dry matter, crude protein, ether extract, crude fibre, organic matter, and nitrogen-free extract in broiler chickens. Significantly increased cumulative body weight and body weight gain was noted in T2 and T4 birds compared to control.
Keywords: Broiler chicken, growth performance, ileal digestibility, nutrients, titanium dioxide
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Elangia, N., Senthil Murugan, S., Chacko, B., Ananth, D. and Vergis, J. 2023. Nutrient digestibility and growth promoting potential of Lactobacillus plantarum culture as probiotics in broilers. J. Vet. Anim. Sci. 55(2):330-337
DOI: https://doi.org/10.51966/jvas.2024.55.2.330-337