INTESTINAL CHARACTERISTICS OF BROILER CHICKENS IN RESPONSE TO YEAST-TREATED DIALIUM BARK SUPPLEMENTATION

I. P. Ogbuewu; E. A. Anyigor; E. U.  Ahiwe; I. F.  Etuk; E. B. Etuk; O. O. Emenalom; I. C. Okoli

doi:10.51791/njap.vi.4993

Authors

I. P. Ogbuewu Federal University of Technology, P.M.B. 1526, Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria
E. A. Anyigor Federal University of Technology, P.M.B. 1526, Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria
E. U. Ahiwe Federal University of Technology, P.M.B. 1526, Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria
I. F. Etuk Federal University of Technology, P.M.B. 1526, Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria
E. B. Etuk Federal University of Technology, P.M.B. 1526, Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria
O. O. Emenalom Federal University of Technology, P.M.B. 1526, Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria
I. C. Okoli Federal University of Technology, P.M.B. 1526, Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51791/njap.vi.4993

Keywords:

Broiler chickens, dialium bark, yeast, intestinal biometry, histomorphology

Abstract

Intestinal characteristics of broiler chickens fed diets supplemented with incremental levels of yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) treated dialium bark were investigated. One hundred and eighty (180), one-day-old chicks (Ross 308) were weighed and randomly distributed into three treatment groups designated 0 (T0), 0.5 (T0.5), or 1.0 (T1.0) g kg^-1 feed, giving five replicates of 12 chicks. Intestinal samples for analysis were obtained from each replicate on the 56th of the experiment and the data obtained analysed statistically. Results show that no statistical differences were found in intestinal lengths and weights of broiler chickens on dietary yeast-treated Dialium bark supplementation. In contrast, broiler chickens on T0.5 and T1.0 diets had significantly improved histomorphology of the jejunum. In conclusion, results suggest that yeast-treated dialium bark supplementation at 0.5 and 1.0 g kg^-1 feed improved histomorphological indices of the jejunum without any negative effects on the intestinal lengths and weights of broiler chickens.