Effect of Lactobacillus Species Probiotics on

Growth Performance of Dual-Purpose Chicken

Fesseha, H., et al., (2021)

Vet Med (Auckl)
Introduction
• In-feed probiotics are becoming attractive alternatives to antibiotics
in the poultry industry due to the ever-growing strict prohibitions
on antibiotic growth promoters (AGP) in animal production.
Methods
• The study was conducted to investigate the effects of Lactobacillus sparacasei and
Lactobacillus rhamnosus on the growth performance of 120 day-olds randomly
selected Sasso dual-purpose chicken. They were divided into four groups with two
replicates per group and 15 chicks per replicate. The treatments were T1
(control), T2 (supplement diet with 4 g probiotic), T3 (supplement diet with 2 g
probiotic), T4 (supplement diet with 1 g probiotic). The experimental feeding trials
were conducted after two weeks adaptation period.
Results
• The present findings revealed that the chickens supplemented with Lactobacillus species
probiotics during the first week of age have shown higher body weight than control (p<0.05).
• The feed intake of week one of T2 and T3 were significantly higher (p<0.05) than the T1
(control).
• However, there was no significant difference (p> 0.05) in feed intake in the 2 nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th
weeks of all treatment groups.
• The present result showed that body weight gain was observed in chickens found in theT4
treatment group.
• Whereas the body weight gains significantly higher and improved the feed conversion
(p<0.05) in the T2 and T4 than the T1 (control).
• However, the feed conversion ratio was significantly influenced by probiotic inclusion in T3
as compared to the control group.
Conclusion
• Overall, the results suggest the Lactobacillus paracaseis sparacasei and Lactobacillus
rhamnosus have a positive effect on the growth performance of broilers
Thank you!

RUSTY E. CAGAS