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标题：Effect of Dietary Supplementation of Aloe vera Leaves on Growth Performance and Immunity of Fayoumi Chicks
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作者：Muhammad Jameel Ahmad Khan ; Sohail Hassan Khan ; Salma Naz 等
期刊名称：Pakistan Journal of Nutrition
印刷版ISSN：1680-5194
电子版ISSN：1994-7984
出版年度：2014
卷号：13
期号：4
页码：191-195
DOI：10.3923/pjn.2014.191.195
出版社：Asian Network for Scientific Information
摘要：A total of 1800 Fayoumi chicks, 28 day-old of age, were used in this study to determine the effects of two levels of Aloe vera leaves on performance and immune parameters. Basal Fayoumis diet supplementation with 0, 1.0 or 2.0% Aloe vera leaves was investigated. The chicks were randomly divided into 9 separate floor pens each comprising 200 chicks and three pens (replicates) per treatment group in a completely randomized design. At the end of study, birds fed diets supplemented with 1.0 or 2.0% Aloe vera leaves had greater body weight gain, better feed intake and feed efficiency than those fed diets without Aloe vera leaves. Low morality was recorded in treatment groups. The geometric means HI titres of birds fed on diets containing Aloe vera leaves were higher than those fed on control. Aloe vera leaves included in the Fayoumis diet upto 1.0 or 2.0% did not have any deleterious effects on their performance and immunity.