@article{MAKHILLRJANS202115227746,
    title = {Effects of Green Oaks Acorns (<i>Quercus ilex</i>) Based Diets Added of Calcium Bentonite on
Health of Broilers Reared in the Cages and Ground Modes},
    journal = {Research Journal of Animal Sciences},
    volume = {15},
    number = {2},
    pages = {10-14},
    year = {2021},
    issn = {1993-5269},
    doi = {rjnasci.2021.10.14},
    url = {https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?issn=1993-5269&doi=rjnasci.2021.10.14},
    author = {Berkane,Bouderoua,Ait- and},
    keywords = {Broiler,soil,battery,oak acorn,bentonite,histology,organs},
    abstract = {It is now known that the use of natural
resources and food additives rich in bioactive nutrients in
poultry diets offer better digestive use and have a proven
health impact. In this context, the use of green oak acorn
added of calcium bentonite are better suited to these tests
to improve growth and enrich the meat with a some
nutrients able to limiting the meat lipoperoxidation. In
addition, the breeding battery mode compared to the
ground mode offers better conditions and improves
productivity. This study consists of evaluating the effects
of diets based on green oak acorns supplemented with
calcium bentonite on organ histology of broilers in order
to evaluate the poultry health. The 300 broilers one
day-old of the ISA F15 strain were divided into two
groups, one raised on the ground and the other in cages.
Each group was divided into three subgroups. Each
subgroup receives either a standard diet without addition
of acorn or bentonite constituting the Diet Control (DC),
a diet with 19.8 g/kg of Oak Acorn (OA) without
bentonite and another diet of 19, 8 g/kg of OA
added of 2 g/kg of calcium bentonite (OAB). Analysis of
the histological sections revealed that the addition of
bentonite in the feed of poultry reared particularly on the
ground seems to preserve at the best histological level of
certain internal organs: Fabricius bursa, liver, small
intestines. Adding bentonite to the acorn diet nearly
halved the intensity of follicular necrosis compared to the
lesion appearance of controls. Follicular scarring
expressed by the extent of fibrosis was extensive on the
bursae. This experiment suggests that the use of green oak
acorn in chicken feed is therefore quite possible and the
addition of 2% calcium bentonite shows the best
beneficial effects on health status.}
    }