Volume 43, Issue 2, August 2024, Pages 423–430
Coulibaly Assetou Ya1, Soro Ouation Souleymane2, Ouattara N’Golo3, and Diabaté Nadiara4
1 Université Nangui Abrogoua, Unité de Formation et de Recherches des Science de la Nature, Laboratoire de Biologie et Cytologie Animales, 02 BP 801 Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
2 UFR Science de la Nature, Université Péléforo Gon Coulibaly, Unité de Formation et de Recherches en Sciences Biologiques, Département de Biologie Animale, BP 1328 Korhogo, Côte d’Ivoire
3 Université Nangui Abrogoua, Unité de Formation et de Recherches des Science de la Nature, Laboratoire de Biologie et Cytologie Animales, 02 BP 801 Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
4 UFR Sciences de la Nature, Laboratoire de Botanique et Valorisation de la Diversité végétale, Université Nangui Abrogoua, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
Original language: English
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The growing problem of antibiotic resistance calls into question practices related to the use of antibiotics. Their large-scale use to accelerate the rapid growth of food animals is of increasing concern to researchers. Currently, several studies are being carried out to find biological solutions as an alternative to the use of antibiotics in poultry farm. It is within this framework that the present study falls, the objective of which is to evaluate the effectiveness of an organic product, ALPHA-BIO+, on the production parameters of Lohmann Brown laying hens. Thus, two batches (control and experimental) subdivided into triplicate were formed from a sample of 458 animals. Thus, a classic breeding protocol with the use of antibiotics was applied in the control batches. As for the experimental batches, they received the food additive ALPHA-BIO+. The technical data obtained were subjected to statistical analyzes in order to assess the effectiveness of ALPHA-BIO+ on the animals zootechnical parameters. Indeed, in terms of ingested food, the values obtained varied from 97.7 to 120.87 g for the control batch and from 94.12 to 114.95 g for the experimental batch. Regarding the laying rate, the two batches reached peak laying between the 30th and 32nd weeks of age with 95.24% for the control batch and 98.54% for the experimental batch. However, the conversion indices did not show a significant difference between the two batches. According to the results, the food additive ALPHA-BIO+ could help reduce the use of antibiotics in poultry farms.
Author Keywords: Feed additive ALPHA-BIO+, Alternative, Antibiotic, Eggs production, layer Lohmann Brown.
Coulibaly Assetou Ya1, Soro Ouation Souleymane2, Ouattara N’Golo3, and Diabaté Nadiara4
1 Université Nangui Abrogoua, Unité de Formation et de Recherches des Science de la Nature, Laboratoire de Biologie et Cytologie Animales, 02 BP 801 Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
2 UFR Science de la Nature, Université Péléforo Gon Coulibaly, Unité de Formation et de Recherches en Sciences Biologiques, Département de Biologie Animale, BP 1328 Korhogo, Côte d’Ivoire
3 Université Nangui Abrogoua, Unité de Formation et de Recherches des Science de la Nature, Laboratoire de Biologie et Cytologie Animales, 02 BP 801 Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
4 UFR Sciences de la Nature, Laboratoire de Botanique et Valorisation de la Diversité végétale, Université Nangui Abrogoua, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
Original language: English
Copyright © 2024 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
The growing problem of antibiotic resistance calls into question practices related to the use of antibiotics. Their large-scale use to accelerate the rapid growth of food animals is of increasing concern to researchers. Currently, several studies are being carried out to find biological solutions as an alternative to the use of antibiotics in poultry farm. It is within this framework that the present study falls, the objective of which is to evaluate the effectiveness of an organic product, ALPHA-BIO+, on the production parameters of Lohmann Brown laying hens. Thus, two batches (control and experimental) subdivided into triplicate were formed from a sample of 458 animals. Thus, a classic breeding protocol with the use of antibiotics was applied in the control batches. As for the experimental batches, they received the food additive ALPHA-BIO+. The technical data obtained were subjected to statistical analyzes in order to assess the effectiveness of ALPHA-BIO+ on the animals zootechnical parameters. Indeed, in terms of ingested food, the values obtained varied from 97.7 to 120.87 g for the control batch and from 94.12 to 114.95 g for the experimental batch. Regarding the laying rate, the two batches reached peak laying between the 30th and 32nd weeks of age with 95.24% for the control batch and 98.54% for the experimental batch. However, the conversion indices did not show a significant difference between the two batches. According to the results, the food additive ALPHA-BIO+ could help reduce the use of antibiotics in poultry farms.
Author Keywords: Feed additive ALPHA-BIO+, Alternative, Antibiotic, Eggs production, layer Lohmann Brown.
How to Cite this Article
Coulibaly Assetou Ya, Soro Ouation Souleymane, Ouattara N’Golo, and Diabaté Nadiara, “Efficiency of the feed additive ALPHA-BIO+ as an alternative to antibiotics on the eggs production performance of the layer LHOMAN Brown,” International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies, vol. 43, no. 2, pp. 423–430, August 2024.
