Huseyin  Eseceli, Ergun  Demir, Nurcan  Degirmencioglu, Murat  Bilgic, 
    The Effects of Bio-Mos<SUP>&reg;</SUP> Mannan Oligosaccharide and Antibiotic Growth Promoter Performance of Broilers,
    Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances,
    Volume 9,Issue 2,
    2010,
    Pages 392-395,
    ISSN 1680-5593,
    javaa.2010.392.395,
    (https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=javaa.2010.392.395)
    Abstract: This study has been conducted to evaluate the use of Bio-Mos&reg;, mannan oligosaccharide derived from the cell wall of yeast, as a potential replacement of growth promoting antibiotics in the diet of broilers. Effects of an antibiotic growth promoter (Avilamycin) and mannan oligosaccharide (Bio-Mos<SUP>&reg;</SUP>) on performance have been examined in 320 days-old Ross 308 broiler chicks. These chicks were randomly grouped into two treatments with eight replicates of 20 chicks each. Commercial corn-soybean based broiler starter, grower and finisher diets were formulated as basal diets. Basal diets were supplemented with an antibiotic growth promoter (0.1% Avilamycin) and a mannan oligosaccharide (starter 0.15%, grower 0.1%, finisher 0.05% Bio-Mos<SUP>&reg;</SUP>). Live weight, weight gain and feed intake, feed conversion ratio were not affected significantly by dietary treatments throughout the experiment (p&gt;0.05). Mortality rate, hot carcass yield and feed cost for kg live weight gain did not show any significant differences among the groups (p&gt;0.05). Mannan oligosaccharide (Bio-Mos&reg;) has the potential to be an alternative to antibiotic growth promoters in broiler diets.
    Keywords: Antibiotic;broiler;mannan oligosaccharide;performance;growth promoter