Effect of Bacillus subtilis and Lactobacillus acidophilus as Probiotic Feed Supplements on Growth Performance, Haematology, Biochemistry and Lipid Profile of Starter Broiler Chickens during the Wet Season
Abstract
The study was conducted to determine the effect of Bacillus subtilis and Lactobacillus acidophilus as probiotics on growth performance, haematological and serum biochemical and serum lipid profile of starter broiler chickens during the wet season. Three hundred and sixty (360) day-old Cobb 500 broiler chicks were used in this study. The chicks were randomly allotted to six dietary treatments with three replicates consisting of 20 birds each in a completely randomized design. Control diet, Bacillus subtulis was included at 6 g, Bacillus subtulis 9 g, Lactobacillus acidophilus 200 g, Lactobacillus acidophilus 300 g and oxytetracycline 60 g per 100 kg diet. Parameters collected were on growth performance, haematology, serum biochemical parameters and serum lipid profile. The results showed that all growth parameters measured on the test materials had significant (p<0.05) influence with the Lactobacillus acidophilus 200g being better in the improvement of final weight and total weight gain compared to the control group, but similar to the oxytetracycline group. Feed conversion ratio (FCR) of Lactobacillus acidophilus at 200 g had better FCR although similar to the control and the oxytetracycline groups. There were significant (p<0.05) differences in all parameters measured for haematological profile except for red blood cells (RBC) count. Serum biochemical indices showed that there were significant (p<0.05) differences for glucose, total protein, albumin, Alkaline phosphatase (ALP) and creatinine amongst treatment groups with probiotics inclusion groups having higher total protein and albumin when compared to the control and oxytetracycline groups. Lipid profile parameters considered also showed significant (p<0.05) differences among treatment groups with the exception of high density lipo-protein. Therefore, it can be concluded that inclusion of Bacillus subtilis and Lactobacillus acidophilus as probiotics influenced positively some of the growth performance parameters, haematological, serum biochemical parameters and serum lipid profile of starter broiler chickens in the wet season. Therefore, Bacillus subtilis and Lactobacillus acidophilus can be used as candidate probiotic for starter broilers.
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