PROBIOTIC AND ENZYMES IN DIETS OF BROILERS: PERFORMANCE, CHARACTERÍSTICS OF POULTRY LITTER AND EXCRETA AND BIOGAS PRODUCTION

• Grant number: 10/05263-1
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• Start date: June 01, 2010
• End date: November 30, 2013
• Field of knowledge: Agronomical Sciences - Animal Husbandry - Animal Production
• Principal Investigator: Jorge de Lucas Junior
• Grantee: Maria Fernanda Ferreira Menegucci Praes
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias (FCAV). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Jaboticabal. Jaboticabal , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Two trials will be conducted at the Faculty of Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences, Jaboticabal, to evaluate the performance, carcass and parts yield, bone densitometry, morphometry intestinal, bioavailability of nitrogen and phosphorus, production of broiler litter, determination of chemical composition of the litter of the production of dejections in nature" and dry matter and the potential for biogas production of broiler chickens fed diets containing Bacillus subtilis and exogenous enzymes. The first experiment will be used 800 chicks (Cobb®) in 32 boxes of a completely randomized design with 4 treatments (control, addition of exogenous enzymes, addition of Bacillus, Bacillus + exogenous enzyme) by 8 repetitions of 25 birds each. The second experiment will consist of 4 treatments of 4 replicates distributed in a completely randomized design. The litter and excreta from the first experiment will be use in this trial. The broiler litter should be produced in two parts, one for the supply of batch digesters, allowing the evaluation of the potential for biogas production. The other part of bed will be stored and divided into 60 parts, each of which is a daily charge of continuous digesters. By these procedures, data will be allowing knowledge of the effects of enzymes and Bacillus on the potential of biogas for use in the form of peak production (batch digesters) and continuously (digesters daily loads). These data are particularly important for the design of anaerobic systems. The data will be analyzed using SAS ® (SAS Institute, 2002) in both experiments.

Scientific publications

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MARIA FERNANDA FERREIRA MENEGUCCI PRAES; JORGE DE LUCAS JUNIOR; ANA CAROLINA AMORIM ORRICO; MARCO ANTONIO PREVIDELLI ORRICO JUNIOR; RAFAEL GUSTAVO HERMES; JOSÉ OTÁVIO BERTI SORBARA; KARINA FERREIRA DUARTE; ALICE WATTE SCHWINGEL; SARAH SGAVIOLI; CARLA HELOISA DE FARIA DOMINGUES; et al. Biogas production: litter from broilers receiving direct-fed microbials and an enzyme blend. Scientia Agricola, v. 73, n. 5, p. 406-411, 2016-10-00. (10/11329-5, 10/05263-1)

Academic Publications

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PRAES, Maria Fernanda Ferreira Menegucci. Probiótico e enzimas em dietas de frangos de corte: desempenho, características da cama e excretas e produção de biogás. 2013. Doctoral Thesis - Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp). Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias. Jaboticabal Jaboticabal.