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1 , Department Animal Science, Higher Education Complex of Saravan, Saravan, Sistan and Baluchestan,
2 Department Animal Science, Higher Education Complex of Saravan, Saravan, Sistan and Baluchestan,
Abstract
This study was carried out to investigate the effect of different levels of probiotics and barley on egg quality and quantity, microbial population, intestinal morphology, immune response, and some blood parameters of Japanese laying quails. The experiment was conducted as a factorial 2x2 in the using 200 pieces of Japanese laying quail from the age of 45 days with 4 treatments, 5 repetitions, and 10 birds per repetition for 8 weeks. The experimental rations included two levels of barley (zero and 10%) and two levels of probiotics (zero and 150 g/ton). The addition of probiotics increased the amount of Haugh units and albumin percentage of quail eggs, and the addition of barley increased the amount of Haugh units . Quails fed with barley and probiotics showed higher egg weight and percentage of production, respectively . The height of the intestinal villi was lower at the level of 10% barley .The height and amount of the Lactobacillus population were higher and the crypt depth and Escherichia coli population was lower in the ileum of quails supplemented with probiotics . Based on the results of this research, adding probiotics to diets containing barley improved the percentage of egg production, HDL, and the number of Lactobacillus bacteria, and reduced serum cholesterol, the number of Escherichia coli bacteria, and the depth of intestinal ileum crypt. It can be suggested that supplementing 10% barley along with 150 grams of probiotics per ton of feed has beneficial effects on the performance of laying quails.
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