TY - JOUR
T1 - Potency of probiotics Bifidobacterium spp. And Lactobacillus casei to improve growth performance and business analysis in organic laying hens
AU - Lokapirnasari, Widya Paramita
AU - Pribadi, Teguh Bagus
AU - Arif, Anam Al
AU - Soeharsono, Soeharsono
AU - Hidanah, Sri
AU - Harijani, Nenny
AU - Najwan, Rifqy
AU - Huda, Khoirul
AU - Wardhani, Hana Cipka Pramuda
AU - Rahman, Nabil Fariz Noor
AU - Yulianto, Andreas Berny
N1 - Funding Information:
The author would like to thank the Rector of Airlangga University, Chairman of the Research and Innovation Institute, Chairman of Halal Research Center and the Dean of Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Universitas Airlangga, Indonesia, for providing funding to conduct this research (contract No: 886/UN3/2018).
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PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - Aim: This study aimed to determine the use of probiotics Bifidobacterium spp. and Lactobacillus casei as alternative antibiotic growth promoters (AGPs) to improve growth performance and business analysis. Materials and Methods: This study used a completely randomized factorial design. The first factor was the time of administration (1, 2, 3, and 4 weeks) and the second was the use of probiotics (control without probiotics; 0.1% AGP and 0.5% Bifidobacterium spp. + 0.25% L. casei). One hundred and eighty laying hens (Lohmann strain), of 30 weeks old, were divided into 12 treatment groups, composed of five replicates, each consisting of three laying hens. Results: The results showed that using 0.5% Bifidobacterium spp. + 0.25% L. casei in weeks 1 and 2 showed the lowest feed intake (FI) (112.11-112.19 g/day), the highest egg weight (60.28 g) in the 1st week, the lowest feed conversion ratio (FCR) (2.21-2.23), and highest feed efficiency (44.75-45.25%) for 3-4 weeks, and the highest hen-day production (86.66-86.90%) for 3-4 weeks and the most profitable business analysis (IDR. 30,353). Conclusion: Based on the results, it can be concluded that the addition of 0.5% Bifidobacterium spp. + 25% L. casei probiotics can be used as a substitute for AGP; it can reduce the FI and FCR, increasing egg weight, feed efficiency, and hen-day production, as well as illustrating the results of the most profitable business analysis.
AB - Aim: This study aimed to determine the use of probiotics Bifidobacterium spp. and Lactobacillus casei as alternative antibiotic growth promoters (AGPs) to improve growth performance and business analysis. Materials and Methods: This study used a completely randomized factorial design. The first factor was the time of administration (1, 2, 3, and 4 weeks) and the second was the use of probiotics (control without probiotics; 0.1% AGP and 0.5% Bifidobacterium spp. + 0.25% L. casei). One hundred and eighty laying hens (Lohmann strain), of 30 weeks old, were divided into 12 treatment groups, composed of five replicates, each consisting of three laying hens. Results: The results showed that using 0.5% Bifidobacterium spp. + 0.25% L. casei in weeks 1 and 2 showed the lowest feed intake (FI) (112.11-112.19 g/day), the highest egg weight (60.28 g) in the 1st week, the lowest feed conversion ratio (FCR) (2.21-2.23), and highest feed efficiency (44.75-45.25%) for 3-4 weeks, and the highest hen-day production (86.66-86.90%) for 3-4 weeks and the most profitable business analysis (IDR. 30,353). Conclusion: Based on the results, it can be concluded that the addition of 0.5% Bifidobacterium spp. + 25% L. casei probiotics can be used as a substitute for AGP; it can reduce the FI and FCR, increasing egg weight, feed efficiency, and hen-day production, as well as illustrating the results of the most profitable business analysis.
KW - Antibiotic growth promoters
KW - Business analysis
KW - Growth performance
KW - Hen-day production
KW - Probiotics
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U2 - 10.14202/vetworld.2019.860-867
DO - 10.14202/vetworld.2019.860-867
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85068028758
SN - 0972-8988
VL - 12
SP - 860
EP - 867
JO - Veterinary World
JF - Veterinary World
IS - 6
ER -