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Probiotic supplementation as an alternative to antibiotics in broiler chickens Cover

Probiotic supplementation as an alternative to antibiotics in broiler chickens

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|Mar 2024

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Fig. 1

A-G. Statistical analysis of body weight in chickens from control and experimental groups. Group P – supplemented with the probiotics Enterococcus faecium, Lactobacillus casei, Lactobacillus plantarum and Pediococcus acidilactici; prebiotic fructooligosaccharides and the prebiotics inulin, maltodextrin and oligofructose; vitamins B1, B2, B3, B5, B6, B12, C, K3 and folic acid, and glucose and silica; Group AO – treated with the antibiotics enrofloxacin, fortamox and trimsulfasol; Group P&AO – supplemented with probiotics, prebiotics and vitamins and treated with antibiotics; Group C – not supplemented nor treated with antibiotics. Statistical analysis was carried out using the Mann–Whitney U test and where possible, Student’s t-test. The normality of distributions was tested with the Shapiro-Wilk test, and the homogeneity of variance with Levene’s and the Brown-Forsythe tests. The relationships described a level of α = 0.05
A-G. Statistical analysis of body weight in chickens from control and experimental groups. Group P – supplemented with the probiotics Enterococcus faecium, Lactobacillus casei, Lactobacillus plantarum and Pediococcus acidilactici; prebiotic fructooligosaccharides and the prebiotics inulin, maltodextrin and oligofructose; vitamins B1, B2, B3, B5, B6, B12, C, K3 and folic acid, and glucose and silica; Group AO – treated with the antibiotics enrofloxacin, fortamox and trimsulfasol; Group P&AO – supplemented with probiotics, prebiotics and vitamins and treated with antibiotics; Group C – not supplemented nor treated with antibiotics. Statistical analysis was carried out using the Mann–Whitney U test and where possible, Student’s t-test. The normality of distributions was tested with the Shapiro-Wilk test, and the homogeneity of variance with Levene’s and the Brown-Forsythe tests. The relationships described a level of α = 0.05

Clinical changes and mortality rates in broiler chicken groups challenged with infectious bronchitis

Day/s post challengePrevalence of clinical manifestations/deaths
Group P (n = 20)Group AO (n = 20)Group P&AO (n = 20)Group C (n = 20)
10/00/00/00/0
20/02/01/00/0
311/010/012/014/0
410/09/012/014/0
57/05/07/08/0
61/00/00/02/0
70/00/00/00/1
80/00/00/00/0
90/00/00/00/0
100/00/00/00/0
110/00/00/00/0
120/00/00/00/1
130/00/00/00/0
140/00/00/00/0
210/00/00/00/0
Mortality %00010

Results of necropsy of four broiler chicken groups challenged with infectious bronchitis

GroupngizzardintestinesliverspleenBFkidneyslungs
P100**2/100000**1
AO106/10***3/10****8/1000****5/10**2
****5/10
P&AO100***2/10****6/000****6/10**2
****4/10
C100**2/100000**2
Language: English
Page range: 147 - 154
Submitted on: Aug 31, 2023
Accepted on: Feb 15, 2024
Published on: Mar 23, 2024
Published by: National Veterinary Research Institute in Pulawy
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 times per year

© 2024 Grzegorz Tomczyk, Jowita Samanta Niczyporuk, Wojciech Kozdruń, Anna Sawicka-Durkalec, Łukasz Bocian, Marcin Barabasz, Marcin Michalski, published by National Veterinary Research Institute in Pulawy
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