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Effect of Date Syrup “Dibs” on Some Performance, Behavioural Indicators in Broiler Chickens Raised under Saudi Arabia Conditions

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Several research studies and extensive reviews have been published during the previous 50 yr on the physiological consequence of thermal stress. During this time, a great deal of data has clarified how normal physiologic processes in the body are altered by stress and how these processes influence other life strategies such as reproduction, immune function, and growth. Nevertheless, much still requires determining how to distinguish between stress, regular physiologic alterations from homeostasis, distress, physiologic, and behavioural changes that may prove adverse effects to animals. We hypothesise that supplementation of Date syrup in drinking water is a novel alternative for preventing oxidative stress and stress-induced adverse effects on chickens exposed to heat stress. A total of 120 one-day-old chicks of mixed sex (Ross 308) were weighed and randomly assigned to each of the four watering treatment groups. The water treatment had added date syrup (Debis) in the following concentrations 0, 1, 4, and 8%/L of drinking water in control (0%) and treated groups (1, 4, and 8%/L), respectively. Bodyweight, feed intake, rectal temperature and live observations were measured. The number of birds in each cage performed drinking, feeding, standing, sitting, running, peering, and wing spreading. Our investigation showed that Debis improved chicken performance, and body weight significantly increased from week 4. Feed intake data did not show any significant differences. Lowered rectal temperature measurements were observed when Debis was added with 4% in drinking water starting from the fourth week. Data obtained from chicken behaviour did not show any significant differences between chickens that offered either Debis with 1 and 8%/L in their feed intake visiting during the experiment period. We can conclude by adding date syrup (Debis) with 1% of the drinking water during the first three weeks, then increasing adding level to be 4% after the third week to get heavier bodyweight.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The authors highly appreciate all of Mr. Bander Alanzi, Khaled Alanis, and Abdelaziz Alanis for their contribution to this work. I want to thank Tabuk University for the monetary fund of this project and Dr. Abdelrahman Alakali and his staff for hosting this project on his farm.

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This work was supported by the Deanship of Scientific Research, Tabuk University (grant no. S-1441-0031, 2020).

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Al-Ramamneh, D., Alanzi, B. Effect of Date Syrup “Dibs” on Some Performance, Behavioural Indicators in Broiler Chickens Raised under Saudi Arabia Conditions. Russ. Agricult. Sci. 48, 309–315 (2022). https://doi.org/10.3103/S1068367422040024

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