Profitability of using salbutamol (a betaadrenergic agonist)‎ as a growth promoter of broiler chickens

Other Title(s)

استخدام السالبيتامول من مجموعة بيتا الأدرينالينية كمحفز للنمو

Joint Authors

Zahrah, Abu al-Nasr Muhammad
Shahin, Yasamin Ahmad
Muhammad, Mustafa Abd al-Aziz
Hasab al-Nabi, Jamal Rajab

Source

Kafr El-Sheikh Veterinary Medical Journal

Publisher

Kafr El-Sheikh University Faculty of Veterinary Medicine

Publication Date

2016-06-30

Country of Publication

Egypt

No. of Pages

16

Main Subjects

Veterinary Medicine

English Abstract

This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of salbutamol (betaadrenergic agonist) on performance of broiler chickens.

A total of 60 (Cobb) day-old broiler chickens were randomly assigned to 3 groups each 20 birds per pen.

Groups include: control, 5, and 15 mg salbutamol per kg diet.

The experiments was designed for 3 weeks.

Results from this experiment indicated that.

growth rate, body weight gain and food consumption were significantly increased by using 5 mg/kg salbutamol while a significant decrease was attained by 15mg/kg salbutamol as compared with the control group (P ≤ 0.05).

The feed conversion ratio was significantly increased by 5 mg/kg salbutamol compared with the control group (P ≤ 0.05).Meanwhile, eviscerated and deboned carcass were significantly increased by 5mg/kg salbutamol but decreased significantly by 15mg/kg salbutamol as compared with the control group (P ≤ 0.05).In conclusion, it seems that feeding salbutamol as a beta-adrenergic agonist, can improve growth performance in broiler chickens at dose of 5mg/kg.

Data Type

Conference Papers

Record ID

BIM-778797

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