<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> The experiment was conducted on 480 Hubbard Flex chickens (fast-growing) reared to 42 days of age and 480 Hubbard JA 957 chickens (slow-growing) reared to 63 day of age. Day-old chicks were randomly assigned to the three following groups according to the type of coccidiostat: C (control - no coccidiostat in the diet and birds not vaccinated against coccidiosis), A (plant coccidiostat adiCox® AP), and M (monensin coccidiostat). At the end of rearing period the results of the controlled production were presented, the chickens were slaughtered and samples of their intestines were collected for microflora composition analyses. The obtained results show that rearing time influenced the composition of enteric microflora (small intestine and blind gut). Moreover, a higher total count of bacteria was stated in intestinal digesta of the slow-growing chickens that were kept for three weeks longer than the Hubbard Flex chickens.</p><p>The study also proved a positive influence of the diet on the quantitative composition of enteric microflora. The lowest count of mesophilic bacteria and those from the Enterobacteriaceae family was observed in the chickens receiving adiCox® AP compared to the chickens of the control group and those receiving monensin.</p></abstract>

The experiment was conducted on 480 Hubbard Flex chickens (fast-growing) reared to 42 days of age and 480 Hubbard JA 957 chickens (slow-growing) reared to 63 day of age. Day-old chicks were randomly assigned to the three following groups according to the type of coccidiostat: C (control - no coccidiostat in the diet and birds not vaccinated against coccidiosis), A (plant coccidiostat adiCox® AP), and M (monensin coccidiostat). At the end of rearing period the results of the controlled production were presented, the chickens were slaughtered and samples of their intestines were collected for microflora composition analyses. The obtained results show that rearing time influenced the composition of enteric microflora (small intestine and blind gut). Moreover, a higher total count of bacteria was stated in intestinal digesta of the slow-growing chickens that were kept for three weeks longer than the Hubbard Flex chickens.The study also proved a positive influence of the diet on the quantitative composition of enteric microflora. The lowest count of mesophilic bacteria and those from the Enterobacteriaceae family was observed in the chickens receiving adiCox® AP compared to the chickens of the control group and those receiving monensin.

Influence of feed additives used in prevention of coccidiosis on the quality of enteric microflora of fast-growing and slowgrowing chickens / Wpływ wybranych dodatków paszowych stosowanych w profilaktyce kokcydiozy na jakość mikroflory jelit kurcząt szybko i wolno rosnących

Faculty of Animal Science, Warsaw University of Life Science – SGGW, Ciszewskiego 8 St, 02-786 Warsaw; phone: 022/5936555

Faculty of Agriculture and Biology, Warsaw University of Life Science – SGGW, Nowoursynowska 159 St, 02-776 Warsaw

Faculty of Food Sciences, Warsaw University of Life Science – SGGW, Nowoursynowska 159 St, 02-776 Warsaw

Environmental Protection and Natural Resources

The experiment was conducted on 480 Hubbard Flex chickens (fast-growing) reared to 42 days of age and 480 Hubbard JA 957 chickens (slow-growing) reared to 63...

Influence of feed additives used in prevention of coccidiosis on the quality of enteric microflora of fast-growing and slowgrowing chickens / Wpływ wybranych dodatków paszowych stosowanych w profilaktyce kokcydiozy na jakość mikroflory jelit kurcząt szybko i wolno rosnących

Published Online: May 30, 2013

Page range: 33 - 37

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/oszn-2013-0002

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