2014 Cilt 8 Sayı 22

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    Effects of a combination of dietary organic acid blend and oregano essential oil (lunacompacid® herbex dry) on the performance and clostridium perfringens proliferation in the ileum of broiler chickens
    (Uludağ Üniversitesi, 2014-06-24) Çelikbilek, Arzu; Deniz, Gülay; Orman, Abdulkadir; Gençoglu, Hıdır; Kara, Çagdaş; Veteriner Fakültesi
    The aim of the study was to determine the effects of dietary organic acid blend (OAB) and oregano essential oil (OEO) combination (Lunacompacid® Herbex Dry) on the performance and Cp count in the ileum of broiler chickens, and establish connections between performance and Cp proliferation. A total of 200 one day-old Avian Farm male broiler chicks were randomly divided into 2 equal groups (not supplemented control and birds receiving dietary addition of Lunacompacid® Herbex Dry (2g/kg of food) for 6 weeks. Body weights, body weight gains, food intake and food efficiency were weekly evaluated in the present study. Hot carcass weight and yield, and the ileum Ph and Cp count in the ileum content of broiler chickens were determined at the end of the experiment. In the present study, the combination of dietary OAB and OEO significantly decreased ileum pH (P<0.05) and Cp count (P<0.001) in the ileum content, but did not influence growth and carcass performance of broiler chickens. It was concluded that the lack of significant effects on broiler performance could be related to ideal rearing condition of our experiment. It is possible that the use of OAB and OEO combination in diets of broiler housed under suboptimal conditions may keep down Cp proliferation in the chicken gut and therefore may improve performance in this way.