Impact of Utilization of High Levels of Sunflower Seed Meal or Sieving Wastes Meal of the Egyptian Clover Seed with or Without Addition of Prebiotics on Growth Performance of Broiler Chicks | ||
| Egyptian Journal of Veterinary Sciences | ||
| Articles in Press, Corrected Proof, Available Online from 24 September 2025 PDF (691.56 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejvs.2025.395011.2908 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Hayah Hamed Mahmoud* 1; Adel Zaki2; Mamdouh Omar Abdel Samie3; Dina EL sayed4; doaa saber1 | ||
| 1Department of Animal production, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt | ||
| 2Animal Production Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, Giza, | ||
| 3Department of Animal and Poultry Production, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University,Egypt. | ||
| 4Department of Agricultural Microbiology, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, Giza , Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The main target of this study was to assess the influence of incorporating sunflower seed meal (SFM) or sieving wastes meal of the Egyptian clover seed (CSM) as a partial substitution of soybean meal (SBM) without or with prebiotic addition on broiler performance. Two hundred eighty-eight 7-d-old broiler chicks (Cobb 500) were randomly assigned to six treatments with four replicates of 12 chicks each. A factorial design arrangement 3×2 was used, including 3 protein sources (SBM, SFM, and CSM), each tested without or with prebiotic. Sunflower meal or CSM were added to diets by graduated increased levels through the experimental period (10% during the starter, 20% during the grower, and 30% during the finisher periods). The results showed that the inclusion of CSM decreased significantly BW, BWG, and increased FCR compared to SBM diet, while SFM diet resulted in comparable or better values than the control (SBM) diet. Broiler fed SFM-prebiotic diet achieved DM, CP, and NFE digestibility comparable to the control group. The results showed a clear drop (P<0.05) in digestion coefficients (%) of DM, OM, EE, CP, and NFE in CSM groups. The highest count of Lactic acid bacteria was found in CSM, while the lowest count of E. coli was found in SFM group. It is possible to suggest that the inclusion of 10% SFM in the starter, 20% in the grower and 30% in the finisher broiler diets can support the performance and be equivalent to those fed a corn-soybean meal diet. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Broiler; Performance; Sunflower seed meal; Sieving wastes of Egyptian clover seed meal | ||
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