Input of probiotic drug Vetkor and bentonite in compound feed for chicken broilers

Abstract

It is assumed that the combined effect of an effective probiotic and feed bentonites will enhance their positive effect on the growth, development, immunity of poultry, the quality of products, economic results of production. The purpose of the research was to study the effectiveness of the probiotic Vetkor and trace elements contained in bentonites in the compound feed of broiler chickens. Scientific and economic experiment has been carried out in the company “Uksyansky broiler” on broiler chickens cross “Smena-4”, which have been distributed in 3 groups on the principle of analogues. For each group 50 heads have been selected one day-old chickens. The conditions for rearing and housing the chickens were the same. The joint use of bentonite and probiotic in rearing and fattening broiler chickens have been studied. At the beginning of rearing the weight of chickens in all groups was almost the same and averaged 39,6 g. However, with increasing age of chickens not only their live weight increased, but also the difference between groups for this indicator. So, at the age of 7 days the chickens of the 1st experimental group had live weight higher than the control ones by 1,86 %, and the chickens of the 2nd experimental group by 2,00 %. The live weight of the broiler chickens of the control group at the end of rearing (age 42 days) was less than the live weight of the 1st broiler chickens of the experimental group by 101,14 g or 5,23 % (P < 0,05), and the 2nd experimental group by 132,14 g or 6,83 % (P < 0,01). The total and average daily increase in live weight of chickens of the 1st experimental group was greater by 5,34 % (P < 0,05), and the 2nd experimental group by 6,96 % (P < 0,05) than in the control group. Broiler chickens that consumed the probiotic Vetkor in the compound feed had higher growth energy than in the control. Against this background the best growth has been observed in broiler chickens of the 2nd experimental group who consumed compound feed with the addition of Vetkor and 3 % bentonite. It has been experimentally justified the use of probiotic and bentonite in the industrial production of meat of broiler chickens, it has been established a positive effect of probiotics and bentonite on the growth and development of broiler chickens, the quality of the resulting products.