TY - JOUR AU - Onu Okpara, Ihuoma Queen AU - Oranusi, Solomon AU - Okagbue, Hilary PY - 2019/11/19 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Production of probiotic-fortified composite poultry feed from food and agricultural waste material JF - Journal of Advanced Veterinary and Animal Research JA - J. Adv. Vet. Anim. Res VL - 6 IS - 4 SE - Short Communications DO - UR - https://banglajol.info/index.php/JAVAR/article/view/44145 SP - 544-548 AB - <p><strong>Objective: </strong>The objective of the study was to ascertain the feasibility of fortifying composite poul­try feed from food and agricultural waste material with the probiotic organism <em>Lactobacillus fer­mentum </em>and determine the efficiency of formulated probiotic-fortified feed via animal feeding tests.</p><p><strong>Materials and Methods: </strong>Probiotic-fortified feed (G3) was formulated using proximate analy­sis values of waste materials. Alternative diets were G1—Feed Mill of Nigeria starter mash and G2—Ground corn. For growth comparison test, 30 1-day-old Agricol broiler chicks were ran­domized into three groups of 10 chicks each with each group being placed on a separate diet (G1, G2, and G3). Probiotics antimicrobial efficacy feeding assay consisted of the treatment diets T1—Feed Mill of Nigeria starter mash and T2—probiotic-fortified feed. Twenty 1-day-old unvac­cinated chicks were placed into two groups of 10 chicks each and fed 0.5 ml of 9.0 × 108 CFU/ml <em>Escherichia coli </em>0157:H7 on day 1 after which they were placed on treatment diets. Data collected were analyzed and interpreted using the SPSS Statistical tool version 25.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Chicks fed G1 and G3 diets performed similarly (<em>p </em>&lt; 0.05) in terms of measured param­eters (weight, height, and wingspan) and had better performance compared to chicks on G2. In the <em>E. coli </em>treatment group, chicks placed on treatment diets T1 and T2 showed similar levels of <em>E. coli </em>cell reduction every week. Performance based on measured parameters was also similar (<em>p </em>&lt; 0.05).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Feasibility of fortifying composite animal feed with the probiotic organism <em>L. fermen­tum </em>was ascertained and the efficiency of the feed via animal feeding tests was proven.</p><p>J. Adv. Vet. Anim. Res., 6(4): 544-548, December 2019</p> ER -