Effect of dietary supplementation of different strains of Lactobacillus bulgaricus on the performance of broilers
Bhatt, R.S.; Katoch, B.S.; Dogra, K.K.; Gupta, R.; Sharma, K.S.; Sharma, C.R.
Indian Journal of Poultry Science 30(2): 117-121
1995
ISSN/ISBN: 0974-8180 Accession: 002811821
The influence of supplementing 4 strains (L1, L2, L3 and L4) of Lactobacillus bulgaricus (6.8 x 108 cells/kg feed) on growth, feed conversion efficiency, mortality and digestibility of nutrients was studied in commercial broilers up to 6 weeks old. Of these strains, only L4 from HPKV, Palampur, India, was promising in that it resulted in improved feed conversion efficiency and lower mortality during finishing only. Overall (1-6 weeks) results indicated that none of the strains was effective in stimulating broiler growth over the control groups (with or without culture medium) except L4.