Lactulose with synergists supplementation improving a health of chicks and reducing the environmental burden in poultry industry

Authors

  • Ivan Fiodorovich Gorlov Povolzhsky Research Institute of Manufacture and Processing of Meat and Dairy Product, Volgograd, Russian Federation
  • Marina Ivanovna Slozhenkina Povolzhsky Research Institute of Manufacture and Processing of Meat and Dairy Product, Volgograd, Russian Federation
  • Daria Aleksandrovna Mosolova Universite Paris-Est Creteil Val de Marne Institut d’Administration des Entreprises Gustave Eiffel—Ecole de management, Creteil, France
  • Lyudmila Viktorovna Khoroshevskaya Povolzhsky Research Institute of Manufacture and Processing of Meat and Dairy Product, Volgograd, Russian Federation
  • Zoya Borisovna Komarova Povolzhsky Research Institute of Manufacture and Processing of Meat and Dairy Product, Volgograd, Russian Federation
  • Vladimir Nikolaevich Nikulin Orenburg State Agrarian University, Orenburg, Russian Federation
  • Evgeniya Aleksandrovna Struk Povolzhsky Research Institute of Manufacture and Processing of Meat and Dairy Product, Volgograd, Russian Federation
  • Aleksey Petrovich Khoroshevsky Povolzhsky Research Institute of Manufacture and Processing of Meat and Dairy Product, Volgograd, Russian Federation
  • Elena Yurievna Anisimova Povolzhsky Research Institute of Manufacture and Processing of Meat and Dairy Product, Volgograd, Russian Federation

Keywords:

Excreta noxious gas; gut microflora; lactulose; nutrition; poultry industry

Abstract

Objective: The study aims to understand the effect of new antibiotic-substituting supplements in feeding chickens of the Hisex Brown cross in industrial conditions.

Materials and Methods: A total of 216 hatched chicks were randomly selected and distributed into Control, Test I, and Test II groups, with 3 replicates of 24 birds in three treatments.

Results: At the end of the experiment, BW of T1/T2 birds was higher by 6.12% (p <0.01) and 10.29% (p <0.001) than CON. In comparison with the control hens, T1/T2 birds had a higher feed conversion rate and digestibility of nutrients. The blood indicators of T1/T2 hens exceeded those in control. Prebiotic supplementations were positively influenced in the immune indices of birds. IgA, IgG, IgM increased in groups T1/T2. Similar regularity was found in the natural resistance of chicks fed S1/S2. In the caecum, the Lactobacilli number was higher than in CON by 17.03% (p <0.01) in T1 and by 18.47% (p <0.01)—in T2; Bifidobacteria—by 17.94 (p <0.001) and 19.09% (p <0.01), respectively; at the same time, the number of E. coli decreased by 21.05% (p <0.01) and 24.21% (p <0.01). The concentration of emitted excreta noxious gases decreased: ammonia by 22.40%–24.95% (p <0.01); hydrogen sulfide by 10.67%–16.00% (p <0.01); and mercaptans by 12.90%–17.74% (p <0.05).

Conclusion: These findings support the use of lactulose-based supplements as antibiotic alterna­tives to improve production in poultry farming and to reduce the toxic load on the environment.

Adv. Vet. Anim. Res., 11(2): 429-438, June 2024

http://doi.org/10.5455/javar.2024.k792

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2024-06-10

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Gorlov, I. F., Slozhenkina, M. I., Mosolova, D. A., Khoroshevskaya, L. V., Komarova, Z. B., Nikulin, V. N., Struk, E. A., Khoroshevsky, A. P., & Anisimova, E. Y. (2024). Lactulose with synergists supplementation improving a health of chicks and reducing the environmental burden in poultry industry. Journal of Advanced Veterinary and Animal Research, 11(2), 429–438. Retrieved from https://banglajol.info/index.php/JAVAR/article/view/75736

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