Effect of Dietary Addition of Prebiotics on the Performance and Dressing Percentage of Broiler Chicks

Abstract

A study was conducted to evaluate the effect of dietary addition of prebiotic on performance and dressing percentage of broiler chicks. One hundred and twenty unsexed, 9 days old broiler chicks (Hubbard F15) were used for the study. The birds were distributed into three groups (40chicks/group) using complete randomized design each group was subdivided into four replicates of 10 chicks each. Three experimental diets were formulated for starter (1-15) and finisher (16-21) periods. Diet (A) served as control group with no prebiotic level (0%), diets (B) and (C) contained prebiotic at level of (0.075%) and (0.15%) respectively. Data from this study were subjected to one way ANOVA followed by least significant difference (LSD) to test the differences among the groups. The results showed no significant effects of prebiotic (P˃0.05) on feed intake, weight gain, feed conversion ratio, livability, production efficiency factor, protein efficiency ratio, energy efficiency ratio and dressing percentage. It concluded that the prebiotic utilized under experimental conditions of this study had no effect on the performance and dressing percentage of broiler chickens.