Evaluation of the potential of extract of seaweed Eucheuma denticulatum as an alternative to antibiotic growth promoter in broiler chickens.

ABSTRACT: The seaweeds are in focus for their immunity and gut health-stimulating potentials in humans and farm animals, but their potential as a gut health-promoting agent and performance booster to replace antibiotic growth promoters (AGP) in broiler chicken-feed remains to be evaluated. In vivo feeding experiments were conducted on commercial broiler chickens (1-42 days post-hatch) to evaluate dried aqueous exact of red seaweed Eucheuma denticulatum (referred to as PBD 5). Each of the three test diets (basal diet with three dosing regimens of PBD5, 0.25 g kg ^-1 for 0-6 weeks, 0.25 g kg ^-1 for 0-4 weeks or 1.0 g kg ^-1 for 0-2 weeks), along with an AGP supplemented diet (Virginiamycin (V), 20 ppm in basal diet), and a control diet was fed to 13 pen rep

SUBMITTER: Paul SS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10850895 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature