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POULTRY SCIENCE
Volume 88, Issue 2, Pages 309-315Publisher
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DOI: 10.3382/ps.2008-00224
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Bacillus subtilis var. natto; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; fermented feed; broiler
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- Council of Agriculture (Taipei, Taiwan) [95AS-5.1.3-AD-U1]
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Bacillus subtilis var. natto N21 (Bac; for greater proteolytic capacity) and Saccharomyces cerevisiae Y10 (Sac; for greater acidic capacity) were applied to produce a 2-stage combined fermentation feed. This study investigated whether the enhancement of Bac+Sac fermented feed on broiler growth performance was due to the probiotics per se or due to the fermentation process. Trial 1 included 1-d-old broiler chicks (n = 144) randomly assigned to control, water added (same as in the fermentation feed, 23%), and Bac+Sac fermented feed (FBac+Sac) treatments with 4 replicates. Trial 2 included 21-d-old broiler chickens (n = 12) assigned into control and FBac+Sac groups for a metabolic trial for nutrient availability. Trial 3 included 1-d-old male broiler chicks (n = 216) randomly assigned into 6 treatments with 3 replicates. Treatments included a control, Sac fermented feed (FSac), FBac+Sac, Bac powder (PBac), Sac powder (PSac), and Bac+Sac powder (PBac+Sac). The results from trial 1 showed that FBac+Sac increased BW and feed intake (P < 0.05) in 21- and 39-d-old chickens. The water-added group showed decreased BW, weight gain, and feed intake (P < 0.05). Trial 2 showed that FBac+Sac increased gross energy availability (P < 0.05). Trial 3 showed that FBac+Sac increased 21- and 39-d-old BW and weight gain (P < 0.05). Diets supplemented with probiotic powder or fermented with Sac did not improve broiler growth performance (P > 0.05). The growth performance improvement of the FBac+Sac treatment was probably not due to the added water, probiotic powder inclusion, or through single-strain fermentation, but due to the 2-stage fermentation process using Bac and Sac strains.
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