EFFECT OF ADDING DIFFERENT LEVELS OF ARABIC GUM (ACACIA SENEGAL) TO DRINKING WATER ON SOME PHYSIOLOGICAL AND MICROBIAL CHARACTERISTICS OF BROILER

Abstract

This study was conducted in the poultry field of the Animal Production Department of the College of Agriculture/ University of Karbala for a period of 35 days 21/11/2021 to 25/12/2021, in order to demonstrate the evaluation of the addition of different level of powdered Arabic gum (Acacia Senegal) added to Drinking water for broiler chickens showed some physiological and microbial characteristics, as 150 Ross308 broiler chicks, one day old, unsexed, were used, and the average weight of the chicks was 38 gm, distributed randomly to 5 treatments, and each treatment had 3 replications of 10 chicks for each replicate, and the addition of Arabic gumto the ration and from the first day my agencies: T1: control treatment without addition, T2: add 1.25 gm of Arabic gum/ liter of water, T3: add 2.25 gm of Arabic gum/ liter of water, T4: add 3.25 gm of Arabic gum/ liter Water, T5: add 4.25 g of Arabic gum/ liter of water.