International Journal of Poultry Science1682-83561994-7992Asian Network for Scientific Information10.3923/ijps.2019.431.437BoussaadaTarek OuachemDerradji 92019189Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of five litter types on the growth performance and some welfare indicators (pododermatitis, hock burns, breast blister and feather cleanliness) in broilers over rearing cycle of 42 days. Materials and Methods: The used litter types were wood shaving, sawdust, standard quality straw, low quality straw and crop residues. A total of six hundred one day-old male broilers (Cobb 700) were randomly allocated to 5 treatments with 6 replicates of 20 chicks each. Results: Results showed that at the age of 7 day, the FCR and body weight were significantly improved (-5%, p = 0.002; +9,5%, p = 0.015 respectively) in broilers reared on sawdust. Furthermore, the heavier BW observed in broiler reared on sawdust at an early age persist at the slaughter age (+4.95%; p = 0.01). In contrast, low quality straw resulted in lower (p = 0.01) final body weight and feed conversion ratio. On the other hand, pododermatitis lesions appear from the first week in all litter types. The rate of severity of foot pad dermatitis increased significantly with the age of the birds (p<0.05).At the last week, results indicated that the highest rate of chickens with severe lesions (score 4) was recorded in the birds reared on both straw types (60%). In contrast, the lowest rate was found in the group reared on wood shaving (3.3%). However, hock burns and breast blisters were very low (p>0.05). Conclusion: It is concluded that the birds reared on sawdust showed the best BW and FCR. However, broilers kept on wood shaving had the best score of plumage and hock burn. The presence of scratches was not observed in any treatment.]]>Haslam, S.M., S.N. Brown, L.J. Wilkins, S.C. Kestin, P.D. Warriss and C.J. Nicol,2006471318Bilgili, S.F., J.B. Hess, J.P. Blake, K.S. Macklin, B. Saenmahayak and J.L. Sibley,200918583589Garces, A., S.M.S. Afonso, A. Chilundo and C.T.S. Jairoce,201322168176Huang, Y., J.S. Yoo, H.J. Kim, Y. Wang, Y.J. Chen, J.H. Cho and I.H. Kim,20091817Youssef, I.M.I., A. Beineke, K. Rohn and J. Kamphues,2010911251135El-Deek, A.A., M.A. Al-Harthi, M.M. Khalifah, M.M. Elbanoby and T. Alharby,201131715725Dozier, W.A., J.P. Thaxton, S.L. Branton, G.W. Morgan and D.M. Miles et al.,20058413321338Grimes, J.L., T.A. Carter and J.L. Godwin,200685563568Skrbic, Z., Z. Pavlovski, M. Lukic and V. Petricevic,20102010pp: 908Skrbic, Z., Z. Pavlovski, M. Lukic, V. Petricevic, B. Miljkovic and G. Marinkov,201228353360NRC.,19949th Rev. Edn.,Pages: 176Pages: 176Michel, V., E. Prampart, L. Mirabito, V. Allain and C. Arnould et al.,201253275281Bignon, L., A. Mika, M. Dupin, L. Dusart and A. Travel et al.,20152015pp: 887892, (In French)De Jong, I.C., T.P. Moya, H. Gunnink, H. van den Heuvel, V.A. Hindle, M. Mul and K. van Reenen,20112011Kheravii, S.K., R.A. Swick, M. Choct and S.B. Wu,20179616411647Monira, K.N., M.A. Islam, M.J. Alam and M.A. Wahid,200316555557Hafeez, A., S.M. Suhail, F.R. Durrani, D. Jan, I. Ahmad, N. Chand and A. Rehman,20094581586De Avila, V.S., U. de Oliveira, E.A.P. de Figueiredo, C.A.F. Costa, V.M.N. Abreu and P.S. Rosa,200837273277, (In Portuguese)El-Sagheer, M., M.N. Makled and M.A. Mohamed,200441411422Torok, V.A., R.J. Hughes, K. Ophel-Keller, M. Ali and R. MacAlpine,20098824742481Toghyani, M., A. Gheisari, M. Modaresi, S.A. Tabeidian and M. Toghyani,20101224852Nowaczewski, S., A. Rosinski, M. Markiewicz and H. Kontecka,201175132139Mihai, C.S., I. Van and G. Ciurescu,201356145148Musilova, A., M. Lichovnikova, D. Hampel and A. Przywarova,20136117931798Taira, K., T. Nagai, T. Obi and K. Takase,201376583586Skrbic, Z., Z. Pavlovski, M. Lukic and V. Petricevic,201515433445Avdalovic, V., M. Vucinic, R. Resanovic, J. Avdalovic, D. Maslic-Strizak and M. Vucicevic,20174916391646Meluzzi, A., C. Fabbri, E. Folegatti and F. Sirri,200849257264Zikic, D., M. Djukic-Stojcic, S. Bjedov, L. Peric, S. Stojanovic and G. Uscebrka,201719247254Martrenchar, A., E. Boilletot, D. Huonnic and F. Pol,200252213226Cavusoglu, E., M. Petek, I.M. Abdourhamane, A. Akkoc and E. Topal,201861916Shepherd, E.M. and B.D. Fairchild,20108920432051Dawkins, M., S.J. Roberts, R. Cain, T. Nickson and C. Donnelly,20172017Haslam, S.M., T.G. Knowles, S.N. Brown, L.J. Wilkins, S.C. Kestin, P.D. Warriss and C.J. Nicol,200748264275Allain, V., L. Mirabito, C. Arnould, M. Colas, S. Le Bouquin, C. Lupo and V. Michel,200950407417Sorbara, J.O.B., M.F. Rizzo, A.C. Laurentiz, R.P. Schocken-Iturrino, T.T. Berchielli and V.M.B. Moraes,20002113, (In Portuguese)Traldi, A.B., M.C. de Oliveira, K.F. Duarte and V.M.B. de Moraes,200736660665, (In Portuguese)