The application discloses a biological additive for promoting
poultry feather development and application thereof, and belongs to the technical field of
animal breeding. The biological additive is prepared from
scallop skirt
oligopeptide and
cantharides polypeptide at a
mass ratio of 1:1. Animal experiments show that, when meat chickens are fed with 60 mg of the biological additive per 1 kg of basic feed, the growth of the meat chickens can be promoted, and more importantly, the
feather development of the meat chickens can be significantly and synergistically promoted, and the length of the main wing feathers is obviously increased. Cytological studies further prove that the biological additive can synergistically promote the proliferation of poultry
hair follicle epidermal stem cells, and the effect is better than that of an EGF
positive control. Therefore, the biological additive developed by the application is safe, efficient and green, effectively solves the problems of
drug residues and
drug resistance possibly caused by traditional chemical additives, provides a sustainable solution for poultry breeding, and has important economic and application values.