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Mahmoud, U., Hassan, R., Amen, O., Abdel-Raheem, G., Al-Rammamneh, D. (2020). Effect of Prebiotic on the Behavioural Patterns, Performance, Carcass Characteristics, Antibody Titer and Some Blood Parameters of Mule Ducks. SVU-International Journal of Veterinary Sciences, 3(1), 27-38. doi: 10.21608/svu.2019.16763.1028
Usama T. Mahmoud; Rasha Hassan; Omar Amen; Ghada Abdel-Raheem; Diya Al-Rammamneh. "Effect of Prebiotic on the Behavioural Patterns, Performance, Carcass Characteristics, Antibody Titer and Some Blood Parameters of Mule Ducks". SVU-International Journal of Veterinary Sciences, 3, 1, 2020, 27-38. doi: 10.21608/svu.2019.16763.1028
Mahmoud, U., Hassan, R., Amen, O., Abdel-Raheem, G., Al-Rammamneh, D. (2020). 'Effect of Prebiotic on the Behavioural Patterns, Performance, Carcass Characteristics, Antibody Titer and Some Blood Parameters of Mule Ducks', SVU-International Journal of Veterinary Sciences, 3(1), pp. 27-38. doi: 10.21608/svu.2019.16763.1028
Mahmoud, U., Hassan, R., Amen, O., Abdel-Raheem, G., Al-Rammamneh, D. Effect of Prebiotic on the Behavioural Patterns, Performance, Carcass Characteristics, Antibody Titer and Some Blood Parameters of Mule Ducks. SVU-International Journal of Veterinary Sciences, 2020; 3(1): 27-38. doi: 10.21608/svu.2019.16763.1028

Effect of Prebiotic on the Behavioural Patterns, Performance, Carcass Characteristics, Antibody Titer and Some Blood Parameters of Mule Ducks

Article 3, Volume 3, Issue 1 - Serial Number 5, Winter and Spring 2020, Page 27-38  XML PDF (385.67 K)
Document Type: Research article
DOI: 10.21608/svu.2019.16763.1028
Authors
Usama T. Mahmoud1; Rasha Hassan email 2; Omar Amen3; Ghada Abdel-Raheem4; Diya Al-Rammamneh5
1Department of Animal Hygiene, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Assiut University 71515, Egypt
2Department of Animal and Clinical Nutrition, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Assiut University 71515 , Assiut - Egypt
3Department of Poultry Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Assiut University 71515, Egypt
4Departments of Animal and Clinical Nutrition, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Assiut University 71515, Egypt
5Department of Biology, Faculty of Tayma, Tabuk University, 71491, Tabuk, KSA
Abstract
This study was conducted to investigate the effects of dietary supplementation of prebiotic on behavioural patterns performance and some blood parameters of ducks. A total of forty-eight 15 days-aged ducks (Mule) were randomly allotted to three dietary treatments containing 0 (Control), 1.5 g/ kg and 3.0 g/kg prebiotic, respectively. The results indicated that using prebiotic as a feed additive at a dose of 1.5 g/kg effect on duck movement activities as it increased walking and standing activities, while it reduced the resting behavioural activities. Further, regarding the ingestive behaviour, both 1.5 and 3.0 g/kg prebiotic addition increased the feeding activities, while, only adding 3.0 g/kg prebiotic increased the drinking activities in comparison to the control. Moreover, the result indicated that prebiotic did not affect preening activities. Moreover, the inclusion of prebiotic at 1.5 or 3.0 g/kg caused numerical improvement in all measured performance parameters (i.e. body weight, weight gain, feed consumption, feed conversion ratio, caloric conversion ratio, and performance index). The 3.0 g/kg level of prebiotic induced significant decreased in serum cholesterol and both 1.5 and 3.0 g/kg prebiotic increased the HI titer of Avian influenza vaccine. In conclusion, prebiotic supplementations up to 0.30 g/kg diet show a non-significant positive effect on duck growth performance. However, the behavioural and haematological responses of duck to prebiotic supplementation are needed to be carefully considered.
Keywords
Duck; prebiotic; Behavior; performance; blood parameters
Main Subjects
Clinical Veterinary Sciences
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