Supplementation of live yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) as natural feed additives on growth performance, meat quality and physiological status of broiler chickens
Summary: This study examined how supplementing broiler chickens with live yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) affected their growth performance, carcass features, meat quality, hematological parameters, serum metabolic profile, and cecal bacterial counts. A total of 192 Arbor Acres broilers were random...
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| author | Maruf Hossain Amio Kante Das Kanan Talukder Md Momotaj Hossen Kanon Das Chondhon Bormon Mansur Ahmed Mohammad Al Mamun Mohammad Abujar Shuva Mahmoud Azzam Shad Mahfuz |
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| description | Summary: This study examined how supplementing broiler chickens with live yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) affected their growth performance, carcass features, meat quality, hematological parameters, serum metabolic profile, and cecal bacterial counts. A total of 192 Arbor Acres broilers were randomly assigned to three treatment groups (8 replications, 8 chicks each). The dietary treatments were as follows: live yeast (600 mg/kg of basal diet), antibiotic (100 mg chlortetracycline /kg of basal diet), and control. Compared to control group, live yeast supplementation showed better feed conversion ratio (1.63 vs 1.83, P < 0.05) and average daily weight grain (53.06 g/d vs 48.12 g/d, P < 0.05) in whole study period. However, there were no appreciable variations (P > 0.05) in the groups' respective feed consumption, internal organ weights and carcass traits. At 42 days of age, the broilers fed diets containing live yeast had a lower 7-day drip loss, a lower cooking loss, and a higher breast muscle pH at 45 min post-mortem (P < 0.05) than the control group. Supplementing with live yeast also decreased serum triglycerides, total cholesterol, and heterophil/lymphocyte ratio (P < 0.05). In comparison to the control, cecal bacterial examination showed lower E. coli and Salmonella spp. levels and higher Lactobacillus spp. counts in the LY and antibiotic groups. The findings indicated that inclusion of live yeast (S. cerevisiae) to the broilers diet can positively impact the development of growth, quality of meat, blood variables, and cecal microbiota of broilers. In conclusion, live yeast at 600 mg/kg of diet can be a viable substitute for antibiotic growth promoters for organic broiler production. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-1c87ba1d3e8b4637810e50b3f94e837a2025-08-20T05:04:30ZengElsevierJournal of Applied Poultry Research1056-61712025-09-0134310054210.1016/j.japr.2025.100542Supplementation of live yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) as natural feed additives on growth performance, meat quality and physiological status of broiler chickensMaruf Hossain0Amio Kante Das1Kanan Talukder2Md Momotaj Hossen3Kanon Das4Chondhon Bormon5Mansur Ahmed6Mohammad Al Mamun7Mohammad Abujar Shuva8Mahmoud Azzam9Shad Mahfuz10Department of Animal Nutrition, Faculty of Veterinary, Animal and Biomedical Sciences, Sylhet Agricultural University, Sylhet, 3100, BangladeshDepartment of Animal Nutrition, Faculty of Veterinary, Animal and Biomedical Sciences, Sylhet Agricultural University, Sylhet, 3100, BangladeshDepartment of Animal Nutrition, Faculty of Veterinary, Animal and Biomedical Sciences, Sylhet Agricultural University, Sylhet, 3100, BangladeshDepartment of Animal Nutrition, Faculty of Veterinary, Animal and Biomedical Sciences, Sylhet Agricultural University, Sylhet, 3100, BangladeshDepartment of Animal Nutrition, Faculty of Veterinary, Animal and Biomedical Sciences, Sylhet Agricultural University, Sylhet, 3100, BangladeshDepartment of Animal Nutrition, Faculty of Veterinary, Animal and Biomedical Sciences, Sylhet Agricultural University, Sylhet, 3100, BangladeshDepartment of Animal Nutrition, Faculty of Veterinary, Animal and Biomedical Sciences, Sylhet Agricultural University, Sylhet, 3100, BangladeshDepartment of Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary, Animal and Biomedical Sciences, Sylhet Agricultural University, Sylhet, 3100, BangladeshDivision of Ruminant Nutrition, Department of Animal Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Goettingen, Goettingen 37077, GermanyAnimal Production Department, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi ArabiaDepartment of Animal Nutrition, Faculty of Veterinary, Animal and Biomedical Sciences, Sylhet Agricultural University, Sylhet, 3100, Bangladesh; Corresponding author at: Department of Animal Nutrition, Faculty of Veterinary, Animal and Biomedical Sciences, Sylhet agricultural university, Sylhet, Bangladesh.Summary: This study examined how supplementing broiler chickens with live yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) affected their growth performance, carcass features, meat quality, hematological parameters, serum metabolic profile, and cecal bacterial counts. A total of 192 Arbor Acres broilers were randomly assigned to three treatment groups (8 replications, 8 chicks each). The dietary treatments were as follows: live yeast (600 mg/kg of basal diet), antibiotic (100 mg chlortetracycline /kg of basal diet), and control. Compared to control group, live yeast supplementation showed better feed conversion ratio (1.63 vs 1.83, P < 0.05) and average daily weight grain (53.06 g/d vs 48.12 g/d, P < 0.05) in whole study period. However, there were no appreciable variations (P > 0.05) in the groups' respective feed consumption, internal organ weights and carcass traits. At 42 days of age, the broilers fed diets containing live yeast had a lower 7-day drip loss, a lower cooking loss, and a higher breast muscle pH at 45 min post-mortem (P < 0.05) than the control group. Supplementing with live yeast also decreased serum triglycerides, total cholesterol, and heterophil/lymphocyte ratio (P < 0.05). In comparison to the control, cecal bacterial examination showed lower E. coli and Salmonella spp. levels and higher Lactobacillus spp. counts in the LY and antibiotic groups. The findings indicated that inclusion of live yeast (S. cerevisiae) to the broilers diet can positively impact the development of growth, quality of meat, blood variables, and cecal microbiota of broilers. In conclusion, live yeast at 600 mg/kg of diet can be a viable substitute for antibiotic growth promoters for organic broiler production.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1056617125000273Saccharomyces cerevisiaeGrowthQuality of meatCecal bacteriaAntibiotic alternative |
| spellingShingle | Maruf Hossain Amio Kante Das Kanan Talukder Md Momotaj Hossen Kanon Das Chondhon Bormon Mansur Ahmed Mohammad Al Mamun Mohammad Abujar Shuva Mahmoud Azzam Shad Mahfuz Supplementation of live yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) as natural feed additives on growth performance, meat quality and physiological status of broiler chickens Journal of Applied Poultry Research Saccharomyces cerevisiae Growth Quality of meat Cecal bacteria Antibiotic alternative |
| title | Supplementation of live yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) as natural feed additives on growth performance, meat quality and physiological status of broiler chickens |
| title_full | Supplementation of live yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) as natural feed additives on growth performance, meat quality and physiological status of broiler chickens |
| title_fullStr | Supplementation of live yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) as natural feed additives on growth performance, meat quality and physiological status of broiler chickens |
| title_full_unstemmed | Supplementation of live yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) as natural feed additives on growth performance, meat quality and physiological status of broiler chickens |
| title_short | Supplementation of live yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) as natural feed additives on growth performance, meat quality and physiological status of broiler chickens |
| title_sort | supplementation of live yeast saccharomyces cerevisiae as natural feed additives on growth performance meat quality and physiological status of broiler chickens |
| topic | Saccharomyces cerevisiae Growth Quality of meat Cecal bacteria Antibiotic alternative |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1056617125000273 |
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