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EFFECT OF ORGANIC ACID BLEND AND BACILLUS SUBTILIS ON GROWTH, BLOOD METABOLITES AND ANTIOXIDANT STATUS IN FINISHING BROILERS CHALLENGED WITH CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS
Alaeldein M. Abudabos, Abdullah H. Alyemni, Yousif M. Dafalla, Abdullah N. Al-Owaimer

Alaeldein M. Abudabos1, Abdullah H. Alyemni2, Yousif M. Dafalla3 and Abdullah N. Al-Owaimer1
1Department of Animal production, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2460, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia; 2ARASCO for Feed, P.O Box 53845, Riyadh 11593, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia;

2National Feed Company, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Corresponding Author: aabudabos@ksu.edu.sa
Page Number(s): 1101-1107
Published Online First: August 01, 2017
Publication Date: August 01, 2017
ABSTRACT

There is a growing concern over the use of antimicrobial drugs in poultry feed due to the risk of potential resistance of pathogens and the accumulation of antibiotic residues in meat. The present study was designed to compare the effect of an antibiotic, an organic acid and a probiotic on performance traits, blood biochemical parameters, ileal histology and antioxidant status in broilers during finishing phase exposed to Clostridium perfringens challenge. A total of 480 day-old broiler chicks (Ross 308) was randomly allocated to six treatments with eight replicates as follows: control (basal diet); T1: infected with Clostridium perfringens; T2: infected + Avilamycin at the rate of 0.2 g/kg; T3: infected + organic acid blend; T4: infected + consisting of a probiotic, Bacillus subtilis; and T5: infected + organic acid + probiotic. Results showed that body weight and feed conversion ratio (FCR) increased significantly (P<0.05) in T4 and T1 during fourth and third week, respectively. Further, results revealed that blood globulin and total protein decreased significantly (P<0.05) in birds in T1, while albumin increased significantly (P<0.05) in T1 and T2 during the third week. During the fourth week albumin, protein and glucose concentration increased significantly (P<0.05) in T5. Villus height increased significantly in T4 with no significant change (P>0.05) in plasma thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBAR) and total antioxidant capacity (TAC). From the results, we concluded that probiotic and organic acid could be successfully used as antibiotic to sustain growth and biochemical profile in broilers challenged with C. perfringens.

Keywords: Antibiotic, broiler, Clostridium perfringens, organic acid, probiotic
Open Access: This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).


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