Effect of the use of Probiotic on parameters of the immunity, hematology and performance of broilers / Efeitos da utilização de probiótico sobre parâmetros da resposta imune, hematológicos e de desempenho de frangos de corte

AUTOR(ES)

Letícia Cardoso Bittencourt

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2006

RESUMO

The demand from consumers for good-quality products has been increasing and the poultry industry has to adjust to it. An example that shows this is the prohibition of the use of antibiotic in animal feeding, given the fact it could induce bacterial resistance. Therefore, the search for alternatives to these products has been the major goal of many researches and the probiotics stand out with promises to balance the intestinal microbial and to reduce immunologic stress, hindering the mobilization of nutrients for activities that are not related with the production, promoting, this way, a better response from the immune system and a consequential improvement in its performance. Due to the lack of studies that relate the effect of the probiotics with the poultry immunity, the present study has been carried through with the objective of verifying the influence of a type of probiotic in some parameters of the immune and hematology response associated to the performance of broilers. 1200 broilers were used, bred up for 42 days, in a completely randomized design with 3 types of treatments (antibiotic, probiotic and control) and 10 repetitions. Considering the total period of creation and the conditions in which the experiment was led, it was not possible to show the influence of additives tested in the evaluated parameters of performance. It was not observed the influence on the immunity of macrophages, T lymphocytes and alteration of weight of lymphoid organs in the evaluated ages and with the used methods either. However, it was possible to observe a positive response from the probiotic - comparing it to the antibiotic - regarding the production of antibodies in response to the vaccine of Newcastle, still, without differing from the control. For the hematological parameters, despite the differences found among the treatments, the hematological values of the present study are found to be within normality when compared to other studies

ASSUNTO(S)

immunity probiotic broilers hematologia imunidade performance desempenho frangos de corte probiótico hematology

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