PROFITABILITY OF USING SALBUTAMOL (A BETA-ADRENERGIC AGONIST) AS A GROWTH PROMOTER OF BROILER CHICKENS | ||||
| Kafrelsheikh Veterinary Medical Journal | ||||
| Article 14, Volume 14, Issue 1, May 2016, Page 241-256 PDF (513.72 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/kvmj.2016.108849 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| M. A. Aziz1; G. R Hasab el-naby2; Yasmine, A. Shahine2 | ||||
| 1Pharmaacology Dept., Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Kafrelsheikh University, Egypt. | ||||
| 2Animal Health Research Institute, Tanta Lab., Tanta, Egypt. | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of salbutamol (beta-adrenergic agonist) on performance of broiler chickens. A total of 60 (Cobb) day-old broiler chickens were randomly assigned to 3 groups each 20 birds per pen. Groups include: control, 5, and 15 mg salbutamol per kg diet. The experiments was designed for 3 weeks. Results from this experiment indicated that. growth rate, body weight gain and food consumption were significantly increased by using 5 mg/kg salbutamol while a significant decrease was attained by 15mg/kg salbutamol as compared with the control group (P ≤ 0.05). The feed conversion ratio was significantly increased by 5 mg/kg salbutamol compared with the control group (P ≤ 0.05).Meanwhile, eviscerated and deboned carcass were significantly increased by 5mg/kg salbutamol but decreased significantly by 15mg/kg salbutamol as compared with the control group (P ≤ 0.05).In conclusion, it seems that feeding salbutamol as a beta-adrenergic agonist, can improve growth performance in broiler chickens at dose of 5mg/kg. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Salbutamol; broilers; feed conversion ratio; gain; carcass | ||||
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