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Agboola, A., Omidiwura, B., Okiwelu, E., Agbuza, S. (2025). EFFECTS OF DIETARY FISH OIL SUPPLEMENTATION ON PERFORMANCE, GUT MORPHOLOGY, PROTOZOAN LOAD AND HISTOPATHOLOGICAL INDICES OF BROILER CHICKEN. Egyptian Poultry Science Journal, (), -. doi: 10.21608/epsj.2025.66852.1151
Adebisi Agboola; Babatunde Omidiwura; Emmanuel Okiwelu; Sunday Agbuza. "EFFECTS OF DIETARY FISH OIL SUPPLEMENTATION ON PERFORMANCE, GUT MORPHOLOGY, PROTOZOAN LOAD AND HISTOPATHOLOGICAL INDICES OF BROILER CHICKEN". Egyptian Poultry Science Journal, , , 2025, -. doi: 10.21608/epsj.2025.66852.1151
Agboola, A., Omidiwura, B., Okiwelu, E., Agbuza, S. (2025). 'EFFECTS OF DIETARY FISH OIL SUPPLEMENTATION ON PERFORMANCE, GUT MORPHOLOGY, PROTOZOAN LOAD AND HISTOPATHOLOGICAL INDICES OF BROILER CHICKEN', Egyptian Poultry Science Journal, (), pp. -. doi: 10.21608/epsj.2025.66852.1151
Agboola, A., Omidiwura, B., Okiwelu, E., Agbuza, S. EFFECTS OF DIETARY FISH OIL SUPPLEMENTATION ON PERFORMANCE, GUT MORPHOLOGY, PROTOZOAN LOAD AND HISTOPATHOLOGICAL INDICES OF BROILER CHICKEN. Egyptian Poultry Science Journal, 2025; (): -. doi: 10.21608/epsj.2025.66852.1151

EFFECTS OF DIETARY FISH OIL SUPPLEMENTATION ON PERFORMANCE, GUT MORPHOLOGY, PROTOZOAN LOAD AND HISTOPATHOLOGICAL INDICES OF BROILER CHICKEN

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Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/epsj.2025.66852.1151
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Authors
Adebisi Agboola email orcid 1; Babatunde Omidiwura1; Emmanuel Okiwelu1; Sunday Agbuza2
1Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
2Department of Animal Science, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Oyo state, Nigeria
Abstract
The effect of dietary supplementation of fish oil on performance and gut health of broiler chicken was examined in a 56-day feeding trial. Two hundred one-day old broiler chicks were randomly allotted to 4 treatments with 5 replicates of 10 birds each in a completely randomized design. Diet 1: basal diet without feed additives. Diet 2: basal + coccidiostat (0.06%), Diet 3: basal + 2.5% fish oil and Diet 4: basal + 5.0% fish oil. Performance indices were measured. On day 56, distal ileum of two birds per replicate were severed for gut morphological measurements and digesta samples were collected for protozoan load counts. About 5cm of the jejunum, ileum and caeca were excised for histological examinations.

At both phases, diets had no significant effect on the performance indices measured except for the final weight and feed conversion ratio of birds at the finisher phase. Final weights of birds that received the basal diet (1736.00g/b) were remarkably higher (P< 0.05) than those placed on 5.0% fish oil (1556.30g/b) supplemented diet. Crypt depth and villus height of birds fed with 5.0% fish oil supplemented diet were significantly higher (P
Keywords
Omega-3 fatty acid; Growth response; Microbiome; Histology; Broilers
Main Subjects
Chicken
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