Using probiotics to improve the utilization of chopped dried date palm leaves as a feed in diets of growing Farafra lambs.

The study determined the ability of three probiotics to improve the nutritional value of date palm leaves in diets of growing lambs. Twenty male Farafra lambs (26 ± 0.33 kg) were randomly allocated to one of four treatments ( = 6) and fed: a control or basal diet (C; 70% concentrate + 30% date palm leaves without additives) and supplemented with Bacillofort containing 2 × 10 CFU of /g (BAC treatment), Lacotpro containing 1 × 10 CFU of /g (LAC treatment) or ZAD containing 6 × 10 CFU of /g (ZAD treatment) at 4 g of all additives for 150 days.