%0 Journal Article
%T Evaluation of an additive efficacy in broiler litter microbial level control in field: preliminary results
%A Giuseppe Tacconi
%A Patrizia Casagrande Proietti
%A Rossella Ventura
%A Rocco Arcaro
%J Italian Journal of Animal Science
%D 2010
%I PAGEPress Publications
%R 10.4081/ijas.2005.255
%X The present study was conducted to evaluate in field the efficacy of an additive (SOP  C POULTRY), as an agent for the control of micro-organisms in broiler litter. The Total aerobic Microbial Count (TMC), Staphylococcus species (spp.), Coliforms, and Salmonella spp. in broiler litter samples of both the Houses, 2 (H2) and 3 (H3), were determined, and also at the end of each cycle the mortality rate was recorded. The results showed significant reduction of all the microbial counts: P= 0.0078 (CMT), 0,0021 (Staphylococcus spp.) and 0.0541 (Coliforms), and mortality (P= 0.00106) in treated litter samples H2 and the control H3.
%K Litter additive
%K Environment
%K Broiler
%K Aerobic bacteria
%K Mortality
%U http://www.aspajournal.it/index.php/ijas/article/view/609