Effect of Using Olive Pulp Supplemented With or Without Sodium Bentonite Supplementation on Productive Performance of Broilers

Farahat, Mohamed Abd Elwahab; Mohamwd, Fathy Adly; Shoukry, Hisham Mohamed Saleh; Hammad, Ayman Mohamed Sabry

doi:10.21608/ajar.2023.144960.1065

Effect of Using Olive Pulp Supplemented With or Without Sodium Bentonite Supplementation on Productive Performance of Broilers

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ Assistant Researcher- Desert Research Center &lrm;&lrm;

² Department of animal production, faculty of agriculture, Al-Azher Universityو Cairo

³ Department of animal production, faculty of agriculture, Al-Azher University in Nasr city Cairo

⁴ Department of animal and poultry nutrition, Desert Research Center, Mataria, Cairo, Egypt.

10.21608/ajar.2023.144960.1065

Abstract

A total number of 240 broiler chicks (Cobb500) were arranged in a factorial experiment (2x4) with 3 replicates per treatment of 10 chicks per replicate, (5 males + 5 females). Two dietary levels of Sodium Bentonite (SB) namely 0 and 2.5 %, and four dietary levels of olive pulp (OP) namely 0, 5, 10, and 15 %, and their interactions were conducted to study its effects on productive performance and carcass characteristics. The experiment lasted from hatch to 35 days of age.
Results indicated that dietary SB 2.5% improved significantly (p≤0.05) feed conversion ratio (FCR) and decreased significantly (p≤0.05) total food intake (FI), gizzard weight and increased significantly (p≤0.05) front Parts weight compared to that of 0% level of dietary SB. Results also indicated that 10 or 15% dietary OP decreased non significantly final body weight (BWT), total body weight gain (BWG), and total FI.
The dietary group 10 or 15% dietary OP decreased significantly (p≤0.05) abdominal fat compared to that 0 or 5% levels of dietary OP. There were no significant effect either of OP or SB levels on weights of carcass, hind parts, heart, liver and spleen. There were also no significant interactions among all levels of SB and OP on all experiment variables In conclusion, it could be recommended to use OP at a level of 5% with dietary SB 2.5% in broilers diet. Meanwhile, the 10 or 15% dietary OP levels need more investigation.

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