Evaluation of the Addition of Different Percentages of Gum Arabic Powder (Acacia Senegal) to Diets on the Productive Performance of Ross 308 Broilers

Abstract

Over the course of 35 days (“from 11/21/2021 to 12/25/2021”), 150 day-old, unsexed Ross 308 broiler chicks were used in an experiment conducted in the poultry field of the College of Agriculture at the University of Karbala to determine the effects of varying percentages of gum arabic powder (Acacia Senegal) added to the diet of broiler chickens on certain productive characteristics. Five treatments were used, with three replicates of ten chicks per treatment, and gum arabic was included in the diet beginning on day one. T1 = No-addition therapy control, T2: gum arabic added at a rate of 2.5 gm per kilogram of feed, T3: 4.5 gm per kilogram of feed, T4: 6.5 gm per kilogram of feed, and T5: 8.5 gm per kilogram of feed. Food conversion coefficient improved for different weeks in the experiment compared to the remainder of the experimental and control coefficients, and average body weight and weight gain increased considerably (P<0.05) under the treatment of adding 6.5 mg of gum arabic / kg feed.