Probiotic effect of a strain of Wickerhamomyces anomalus on fattening broilers

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Yaneisy Garc?a
Mairiulys P?rez
Yanelis Garc?a
B?rbara Rodr?guez
Ram?n Bocourt
Verena Torres
Nereyda Albelo
Odalys N??ez
Juan Alberto Guzm?n
Milagro Febles
Aida C. Noda

Abstract

In order to evaluate the probiotic type effect of a strain of Wickerhamomyces anomalus on some physiological and productive indicators of fattening broilers, a completely randomized design was used, and two groups of animals were established, with a hundred of broilers each. The first group had a basal diet of corn and soy, and the second had a basal diet with the addition of a strain of W. anomalus LV-6, with a concentration
of 108 cfu/g of food. By including this yeast into the diet, an increase of the relative weight of the caeca (4.38 vs. 5.19 g/kg of liveweight, P < 0.05) and of the carcass (53.81 vs 56.12 %) (P < 0.01) and breast yield (24.86 vs 27.05 %, P < 0. 001) was confirmed, as well as the good health of the animals and the improvement of the response to vaccines (P < 0.05). It can be concluded that the addition of W. anomalus LV-6 to the diet of broilers provokes a probiotic response on the behavior of some physiological and productive indicators of the animals.
Key words: yeast, probiotic activity, microbial additive, animal production

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Garc?a, Y., P?rez, M., Garc?a, Y., Rodr?guez, B., Bocourt, R., Torres, V., Albelo, N., N??ez, O., Guzm?n, J. A., Febles, M., & Noda, A. C. (2014). Probiotic effect of a strain of Wickerhamomyces anomalus on fattening broilers. Cuban Journal of Agricultural Science, 48(2). Retrieved from https://cjascience.com/index.php/CJAS/article/view/469
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Animal Science

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