The effect of fasting and early feeding after hatching with the nutritional supplement Gel 95 and the Safmannan prebiotic gel and the mixture between them on the productive performance of broiler chicks

Abstract

Abstract This study was conducted in the poultry field of the Animal Production Department at the Faculty of Agriculture / University of Kufa, for a period from November 15 to December 20, 2019, and for a period of 5 weeks, 300 unsexed broiler chicks from Ross 308 hybrids were used in this study, After chick removed from the hatching machines then divided in to 5 treatments (60 chicks per treatment) and by three replications (each replicate 20 chicks) and the treatment were as follows: (T1): (Control) The chicks were fasted for 12 hours, [ (T2): 1gram was provided From Gel 95, (T3): Provide chicks with 1gram of Safmannan prebiotic Gel, (T4): Provide chicks with mixture of 1/2gram (Gel 95+ Safmannan), (T5): the chicks was provided with a mixture of 1 gram (Gel 95 + Safmannan)] per chick and after dividing the chicks in to treatments, the gel was distributed on the floor of the cage in the hatchery for 12 hours and then chicks were transferred to the breeding room and after 12 hours, feed and water were provided For chicks, the results of the statistical analysis showed a significant improvement at the level of (p < 0.05) for the T4 treatment birds compared with the control group at the live body weight rate and the total weight gain at the fifth week, and there was a significant decrease in the feed consumption rate and the feed conversion rate at the second week of the chicks’s life, and there was a significant deterioration in the total feed conversion rate for the chicks of the control group compared to all experience treatments.