Effect of Supplementation of Probiotics and Prebiotics on Growth Performance of Broilers Chicken

Abstract

An experiment was conducted to study the effect of supplementation of prebiotics and probiotics on growth performance of broiler chickens. 240 day-old chicks were randomly distributed in four equal groups with five replication of each. First group was control with basal diet, second group: basal diet with probiotics (Ozolab@0.5g/Kg feed), third group: basal diet with prebiotics (Ecomos@1g/kg feed) and fourth group: basal diet with both prebiotics and probiotics. Results indicated that ration supplemented with combination of prebiotics and probiotics showed significant improvement in body weight gain over control group during third and fourth week of age. Birds maintained on combination of prebiotics and probiotics supplemented diet had significantly lower feed intake than probiotic supplemented group. Feed conversion ratio was significantly better in combination of prebiotic and probiotic included group over control group. It was inferred that broiler diet supplemented with combination of both prebiotics and probiotics performed better than all the other groups.

Key words: Prebiotic, Probiotic, Feed conversion ratio, Feed efficiency