Effect of Enterococcus facuim isolates from Coracias Garrulus intestine and lactofeed on performance, immune response and jejunal morphology of BobWhite quail

In order to investigate the effect of isolated enterococcus facuim from intestine of Coracias Garrulus (EF) and lactofeed with two methods of spraying and drinking on performance, carcass characteristics, blood parameters, immune response, ceca microflora and jejunal morphology of BobWhite quail were done. A total of 420 chicks were arranged into 35 experimental pen with 7 treatments in a completely randomized design. The treatments were the control, the spraying, the drinking and spraying+drinking of enterococcus facuim, and the spraying, the drinking and the spraying+drinking of Lactofeed groups. A solution of 1011 CFU was used on days 1, 10 and 24 of age for spraying and drinking. Adding the same spraying and drinking EF or lactofeed reduced FCR (2.71 vs. 2.51) and increased body weight (395.67 vs. 307.88) in quail (P<0.05). The lowest abdominal fat percentage (0.725 vs. 23.14%) and highest weight of bursa of fabricus (0.78 vs. 0.62) in the quail = was belonged to the combination of spraying and drinking EF group. Lactofeed or EF reduced the concentration of cholesterol (249 vs. 342 mg/dl), LDL (211 vs. 148 mg/dl), triglyceride (173 vs. 268 mg/dl) and aspartate aminotransferase enzyme activity (256 vs. 192 U/L), but HDL concentration enhanced (96.16 vs. 67.44 mg/dl). In both methods of spraying and drinking, the EF improved immune responses to SRBC as compared to the control (9.33 vs 6.66) (P<0.05). Both of Lactofeed and EF improved the lactobacilli population of the ceca and morphology of jejunum. Therefore, the addition of enterococcus facuim isolates (EF) and lactofeed with the method of combination spraying and drinking may improve the performance, ceca flora, jejunum morphology, immune response and decreases the abdominal fat, blood lipids.