Effect of different levels of probiotic (Clostat) on performance and immunity of heat stressed broilers in finisher phase

Effect of probiotic (Clostat) levels on the performance and immune response of heat stressed broilers, was evaluated in a completely randomized design on 144 day-old male Ross broiler chicks with four treatments and four replicates (9 birds each). Experimental diets were consisted in four levels of probiotic (0, 0.05, 0.1 and 0.2). Birds were raised under normal condition till 25 days of age and then were exposed to heat stress (34±2°C for 8 hours/day) till the end of trial. The results showed that the effect of probiotic on feed intake was not significant, while birds receiving 0.05 and 0.1% probiotic had more body weight gain (P