An assessment of the impacts of litter treatments on the litter quality and broiler performance: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVE:The choice of the most suitable litter treatment should be based on scientific evidence. This systematic review assessed the effectiveness of litter treatments on ammonia concentration, pH, moisture and pathogenic microbiota of the litter and their effects on body weight, feed intake, feed conversion and mortality of broilers. METHODS:The systematic literature search was conducted using PubMed (Medline), Google Scholar, ScienceDirect and Scielo databases to retrieve articles published from January 1998 to august 2019. Means, standard deviations and sample sizes were extracted from each study. The response variables were analyzed using the mean difference (MD) or standardized mean difference (SMD), (litter treatment minus control group). All variables were analyzed using random ef

SUBMITTER: de Toledo TDS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7202646 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature