Influence of prebiotic feed additives on the growth and metabolic processes of fattening lambs

The authors of the presented article studied the influence of prebiotic feed additives that can stimulate the course of metabolic processes, strengthening the immune status of the body and, as a result, have a positive effect on increasing the efficiency of lamb production.

It has been proven that the inclusion of feed additives at a dose of 0.6 and 0.5% of the concentrate weight makes it possible to increase the live weight of rams of experimental groups at the age of 4 months by 3.05 (P<0.05) and 3.50 kg (P<0.01), at 7 months of age – by 3.65 kg (P<0.01) and 4.15 kg (P<0.01) relative to the control. The studied prebiotic additives significantly influenced the increase in metabolic processes in the body of animals, the production of specific enzymes in the gastrointestinal tract, increasing the absorption of nutrients and stimulating the bioconversion of feed protein into meat products, activating hematological parameters, strengthening the immunological status.

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