| Autor: |
Lala, A.O., Okwelum, N., Adeseye, A.R., Olubi, B.A. |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2017 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Nigerian Journal of Animal Science; Vol 19, No 1 (2017); 117-126 |
| ISSN: |
1119-4308 |
| Popis: |
This study was conducted to evaluate the effects of dietary supplementation of Morinda lucida leaf meal on growth performance, tissue and gastro-intestinal tract microbial count of broiler chickens. A total of 198 one-day old Marshal Broiler chicks were randomly assigned into six treatments in a 3x2 factorial design of four replicates each. The six dietary treatments consist of the basal diet supplemented at 0, 0.1 and 0.2 g/kg Morinda lucida with or without routine medication. Body weight and feed intake were weighed per replicate on weekly basis for eight weeks while the microbiology assay of the tissue and intestine samples was determined by total viable bacterial and total coliform counts at the end of the fourth and eighth week. Addition of M. lucida to the diets significantly (P0.05) difference among all the treatment groups. The study reveals that Morinda lucida was able to reduce Psuedomonas aeruginosa Streptococcus spp, Micrococcus spp and Enterobacter spp. activities in the gastrointestinal tract resulting in improved performance.Keywords: broiler chicken, Morinda lucida, microbiological assay |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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