Authors : A. Aghaei, S. Tabatabaei, M. Chaji and M. Nazari
Abstract: This study was conducted to evaluate the effects of adding levels of dried whey powder and probiotic to practical-type diets on the performance and Intestinal micro organism of laying hen’s. Dried whey was used in isocaloric and isonitrogenous diets at levels of 0, 2.5, 5 and 7.5% with two Level of probiotic (0 and 1000 g-1 Bioplus 2B ton-1 feed providing 0 and 3.2x106 cfu g-1 Feed concentration). About 72 white leghorn Hy-Line, w-36 strain used in experiment. Adding dried whey powder and probiotic to the diets caused highly significant increase (p<0.05) in egg production and lactobacillus in ileum but significant decrease (p<0.05) coliform in ileum. Using dried whey and probiobic improve egg weight, egg mass, shell thickness, shell hardness and Haugh unit but not significant (p>0.05). Level of 5% dried whey had significant decrease feed conversion (p<0.05). Other traits did not show significant different by using dried whey and probiotic.
A. Aghaei, S. Tabatabaei, M. Chaji and M. Nazari, 2010. Effects of Dried Whey (Prebiotics) and Probiotics in Laying Hen’s Performance and Intestinal Flora. Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances, 9: 1996-2000.