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dc.contributor.authorSarfo, G.K.
dc.contributor.authorLarbi, Asamoah
dc.contributor.authorHamidu, J.A.
dc.contributor.authorDonkoh, A.
dc.date.accessioned2019-12-04T11:19:11Z
dc.date.available2019-12-04T11:19:11Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.identifier.citationSarfo, G.K., Larbi, A., Hamidu, J.A. & Donkoh, A. (2018). Effect of direct-fed microbial addition in guinea fowl (Numida meleagris) diets on performance and health responses. Poultry Science, 97(6), 1909-1913.
dc.identifier.issn0032-5791
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/3415
dc.descriptionPublished online: 15 March 2018
dc.description.abstractThe present study was conducted to investigate the effect of intermittent use of direct-fed microbial addition (DFM-“RE3®”) on growth performance and health status of indigenous guinea fowls in northern Ghana. One-hundred and eighty day-old guinea keets were randomly assigned to 4 direct-fed microbial (DFM) treatments that included: control, daily, 3 consecutive days per wk (3CDW), and 7 days repeated every other wk (7DREOW) at 1.5 ml/L through water from day 1 to 56 days. Feed intake, body weight gain, and blood hematological and serum biochemical properties were recorded. The treatments had no effects (P > 0.05) on the hematological or serum biochemical properties recorded. Birds on DFM treatments appeared to consume less feed (range: 1,584 to 1,824 g/d) compared to the control (1,870 g/d/head). Birds on DFM treatments daily and 3CDW gained more (P < 0.05) weight (334 to 394 g/d) compared to the control (306.1 g/head) with keets on daily DFM supplementation recording the lowest (P < 0.05) feed conversion ratio. The total blood protein, globulin, lipids, albumin concentrations, and cholesterol concentrations were not affected (P > 0.05) by DFM supplementation. Supplementing birds with 1.5 mL of RE3®/liter of water daily can improve body weight. Further research on immune competence from the spleen, thymus, and bursa fibrosis for evidence of increased immune competence in probiotic administered birds is recommended.
dc.description.sponsorshipUnited States Agency for International Development
dc.format.extent1-5
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectBody Weight
dc.subjectWeight Gain
dc.subjectBirds
dc.subjectGuinea Fowls
dc.subjectMicrobial Addition
dc.subjectBlood Parameters
dc.titleEffect of direct-fed microbial addition in guinea fowl (Numida meleagris) diets on performance and health responses
dc.typeJournal Article
dc.description.versionPeer Review
cg.contributor.crpMaize
cg.contributor.affiliationKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture
cg.coverage.regionAsia
cg.coverage.countryGhana
cg.researchthemePLANT PRODUCTION & HEALTH
cg.isijournalISI Journal
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country institute
cg.iitasubjectPlant Health
cg.iitasubjectPlant Production
cg.journalPoultry Science
cg.howpublishedFormally Published
cg.accessibilitystatusLimited Access
local.dspaceid95180
cg.targetaudienceScientists
cg.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.3382/ps/pey066


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