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RESEARCH ARTICLE (Open Access)

Probiotics effects on the growth performance and meat quality of broiler chickens

Nazerke Begdildayeva https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3302-5215 A B * , Aynur Gul Karahan https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7625-5868 C , Askar Kondybayev B , Aliya Kudaibergenova D , Alina Nurgazina B E , Nurlan Akhmetsadykov B , Aikerim Ospanova B F and Shynar Akhmetsadykova A B G
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A Department of Food Safety and Quality, Almaty Technological University, 100 Tole bi Str., Almaty 050012, Republic of Kazakhstan.

B Department of Microbiology, LLP ‘Research and Production Enterprise ‘Antigen’, 4 Azerbaev Str., Abay, Almaty 040905, Republic of Kazakhstan.

C Department of Food Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Süleyman Demirel University, Isparta 32260, Turkey.

D Department of Biophysics, Biomedicine and Neuroscience, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, 71 al-Farabi Avenue, Almaty 050040, Republic of Kazakhstan.

E Department of Biotechnology, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, 71 al-Farabi Avenue, Almaty 050040, Republic of Kazakhstan.

F Department of Biotechnology, M. Auezov South Kazakhstan University, Republic of Kazakhstan, 5 Tauke Khan Avenue, Shymkent 160012, Republic of Kazakhstan.

G Department of Camel Breeding, LLP ‘Kazakh Research Institute for Livestock and Fodder Production’, 51 Zhandosov Str., Almaty, Republic of Kazakhstan.

* Correspondence to: nbegdildayeva@gmail.com

Handling Editor: D. Y. Wang

Animal Production Science 64, AN23424 https://doi.org/10.1071/AN23424
Submitted: 25 December 2023  Accepted: 13 August 2024  Published: 2 September 2024

© 2024 The Author(s) (or their employer(s)). Published by CSIRO Publishing. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-ND)

Abstract

Context

In the limited field of research on Kazakhstan’s poultry, this study explores a new area by investigating the lack of studies on the impact of probiotics from camel milk and mare’s milk. This study provides valuable knowledge about an important aspect of poultry production in the region.

Aims

The purpose of the study was to investigate the effect of probiotics isolated from traditional fermented dairy products, fermented camel milk (shubat) and fermented mare’s milk (koumiss) on the growth performance and meat quality of broiler chickens.

Methods

In total, 240 1-day-old Ross 308 chicks were randomly separated into four treatment groups of three replicates (20 birds per replicate). Three experimental groups were fed by basal diet plus drinking water containing 0.25 mL, 0.5 mL, and 1.0 mL of probiotics per bird (Pro1, Pro2, and Pro3 respectively). The control group was fed by basal diet plus drinking water. The carcass characteristics included the weights of the body and carcass rate. Organoleptic analysis, proximate composition, pH, drip loss, cook loss and were used to determine meat-quality properties.

Key results

According to the study results isolated probiotics Lacticaseibacillus paracasei subsp. paracasei SH1, Enterococcus faecalis SH6, and Kazachstania unispora Y 2.2 had a significant effect on body and carcass weight (P < 0.05). Average daily gain and feed conversion ratio were also improved in probiotics groups (P < 0.05). Additionally, Pro 2 group had increased meat protein contents (P < 0.05). No significant differences in organoleptic quality between the control and experimental groups fed with the probiotics were determined.

Conclusions

Traditional fermented dairy products could become a source of new effective probiotics useful to improve broiler production.

Implications

The readily available shubat and koumiss in Kazakhstan present a promising opportunity for establishing localised probiotic production for poultry, indicating a viable path for promoting sustainable and tailored approaches to poultry farming in the region.

Keywords: broiler chickens, fermented dairy products, growth performance, koumiss, meat quality, poultry, probiotics, shubat.

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