Effects of Saccharomyces cerevisiae hydrolysate on growth performance, immunity function, and intestinal health in broilers.

ABSTRACT: The current study was performed to explore the effects of dietary supplementation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae hydrolysate (SCH) on growth performance, immune function, and intestinal health in broiler chicken. A total of 300 Ross 308 male broilers (1-day-old) were randomly assigned to 2 dietary treatments including a basal diet (control group), and a basal diet supplemented with SCH feed additive (500 mg/kg in starter and grower phase, and 250 mg/kg in finisher phase). Each treatment had 6 replicates with 25 birds each. The results showed that the addition of SCH promoted growth during d 15 to 28 (P < 0.05). Although the addition of SCH had no significant effect on the intestinal relative indexes, it significantly increased the jejunum villus height (VH) and the ratio of villus height to c

SUBMITTER: Lin J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9640315 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature