Reducing Stress Susceptibility of Broiler Chickens by Supplementing a Yeast Fermentation Product in the Feed or Drinking Water
Abstract
:Simple Summary
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Animal Husbandry
2.2. Stress Challenges
2.3. Stress Measures
2.4. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Plasma Corticosterone
3.2. H/L Ratio
3.3. Physical Asymmetry
3.4. Mortality
3.5. Body Weight
3.6. Feed Conversion Ratio (FCR)
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Treatment | Trial 1 | Trial 2 | Trial 3 | |||
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Day 19 1 | Day 41 2 | Day 19 1 | Day 41 2 | Day 19 1 | Day 41 2 | |
CNS | 194.3 a | 233.7 a | 1042.9 a | 5449.9 a | 580.5 a | 1684.7 a |
CS | 690.9 b | 252.0 a | 1726.5 b | 5385.8 a | 973.0 b | 1625.0 a |
AVI | 313.0 a | 75.0 b | 1030.7 a | 2482.4 b | 559.3 a | 468.3 b |
XPC | 279.6 a | 56.3 b | 1081.7 a | 2424.1 b | 312.6 a | 518.1 b |
Pooled SEM3 | 26 | 28 | 117 | 354 | 63.4 | 187 |
Treatment Main Effect p-Value | < 0.001 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.004 | 0.003 | 0.02 |
Treatment | Trial 1 | Trial 2 | Trial 3 | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Day 191 | Day 412 | Day 191 | Day 412 | Day 191 | Day 412 | |
CNS | 0.10a | 0.25a | 0.09a | 0.21a | 0.10a | 0.29a |
CS | 0.21b | 0.25a | 0.14b | 0.20a | 0.16b | 0.28a |
AVI | 0.15a | 0.16b | 0.10a | 0.12b | 0.12a | 0.22b |
XPC | 0.13a | 0.16b | 0.09a | 0.11b | 0.11a | 0.21b |
Pooled SEM3 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
Treatment Main Effect p-Value | 0.001 | 0.009 | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.02 |
Treatment | Trial 1 | Trial 2 | Trial 3 |
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CNS | 2.13 a | 2.48 a | 2.94 a |
CS | 2.06 a | 2.41 a | 2.90 a |
AVI | 1.68 b | 2.01 b | 2.23 b |
XPC | 1.70 b | 1.98 b | 2.33 b |
Pooled SEM3 | 0.06 | 0.07 | 0.08 |
Treatment Main Effect p-Value | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.001 |
Treatment | Day 42 Body Weight (kg) | Feed Conversion Ratio 1 | ||||
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Trial 1 | Trial 2 | Trial 3 | Trial 1 | Trial 2 | Trial 3 | |
CNS | 2.41 | 2.65 a | 2.85 a | 1.757 | 1.533 a | 1.693 a |
CS | 2.36 | 2.70 ab | 2.61 b | 1.745 | 1.528 a | 1.680 a |
AVI | 2.44 | 2.76 b | 2.83 a | 1.702 | 1.528 a | 1.547 b |
XPC | 2.47 | 2.76 b | 2.81 a | 1.679 | 1.449 b | 1.617 ab |
Pooled SEM3 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.02 |
Treatment Main Effect p-Value | 0.32 | 0.03 | <0.001 | 0.27 | 0.046 | 0.01 |
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Nelson, J.R.; McIntyre, D.R.; Pavlidis, H.O.; Archer, G.S. Reducing Stress Susceptibility of Broiler Chickens by Supplementing a Yeast Fermentation Product in the Feed or Drinking Water. Animals 2018, 8, 173. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani8100173
Nelson JR, McIntyre DR, Pavlidis HO, Archer GS. Reducing Stress Susceptibility of Broiler Chickens by Supplementing a Yeast Fermentation Product in the Feed or Drinking Water. Animals. 2018; 8(10):173. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani8100173
Chicago/Turabian StyleNelson, Jill R., Don R. McIntyre, Hilary O. Pavlidis, and Gregory S. Archer. 2018. "Reducing Stress Susceptibility of Broiler Chickens by Supplementing a Yeast Fermentation Product in the Feed or Drinking Water" Animals 8, no. 10: 173. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani8100173
APA StyleNelson, J. R., McIntyre, D. R., Pavlidis, H. O., & Archer, G. S. (2018). Reducing Stress Susceptibility of Broiler Chickens by Supplementing a Yeast Fermentation Product in the Feed or Drinking Water. Animals, 8(10), 173. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani8100173