EFECT OF LITTER TREATMENT ON BROILER PERFORMANCE AND litter guality | ||||
Veterinary Medical Journal (Giza) | ||||
Volume 48, Issue 2, April 2000, Page 309-318 PDF (3.35 MB) | ||||
Document Type: Original Article | ||||
DOI: 10.21608/vmjg.2000.376292 | ||||
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Authors | ||||
M ALI; S MOUBARAK; MOHGA BADAWY; O ZAHRAN; EL-S BADAWY | ||||
Dept. of Hygiene, Management and Zoonoses, Fac. Veterinary Medicine, Cairo University. | ||||
Abstract | ||||
All treatments had no significant effect on litter microbial populations (total bacterial count, colif Six treatments were designed to study the effects | orm count and fungus plate count). Alum treat of five compounds on litter quality and broiler ment had a negative cffect on broiler performance as follows: |- litter mixed with com- _aS_ evaluated by average body weight and food material alum at the rate of 0.5 kg/m2.2-litter | conversion and this might be attributed to the tox-mixed with calcium superphosphate at the rate of _ icity of alum. Calcium superphosphate may pro- 0.7 key m2, 3-litter mixed with both alum (0.25 vide a safe and efficient litter amendment. | ||||
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