The Effects of a Probiotic Dietary Supplementation on the Livability and Weight Gain of Broilers
Alfiya Sharipova
Bashkir State Agrarian University, Russia.
Danis Khaziev
Bashkir State Agrarian University, Russia.
Svetlana Kanareikina
Bashkir State Agrarian University, Russia.
Vladimir Kanareikin
Ufa State Petroleum Technological University, Russia.
Maksim Rebezov
Russian Academy of Staffing of Agro-Industrial Complex, Moscow, Russia.
Eleonora Okuskhanova
Shakarim State University of Semey, Kazakhstan.
Anuarbek Suychinov
Shakarim State University of Semey, Kazakhstan.
Zhanibek Yessimbekov *
Shakarim State University of Semey, Kazakhstan.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
This paper presents the effects of probiotic additive “Vetosporin-Active” dietary supplementation on the livability and weight gain of chicken broilers. The “Vetosporin Active” probiotic additive based on two bacillus subtilis strains (Bacillussubtilis 11 В и Bacillussubtilis 12В). Four hundred broilers were allocated to four groups. The first group (I) was the control, fed with a diet without the addition of the probiotic. For II, III and IV groups the “Vetosporin Active” probiotic additive was incorporated in the diet at the level of 0.5, 1 and 1.5 g/kg, respectively. Dietary supplementation of broilers with 1 g/kg of “Vetosporin-Active” increased the average daily weight gain of chicken broilers (13.1%). The data analysis showed that the highest weight gain of chicken-broilers was observed during the first week of their life.
Keywords: Broilers chicken, live weight, probiotic additive, animal feed, weight gain.