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COMPARATIVE EVALUATION OF SELENIUM, VITAMIN E, GARLIC AND THYME ON THE PERFORMANCE AND MEAT QUALITY OF BROILERS
(KARNATAKA VETERINARY, ANIMAL AND FISHERIES SCIENCES UNIVERSITY, BIDAR, 2018-07) IMRAN, N. K.; Dr. MALATHI, V
An experiment was conducted to study the comparative effect of Selenium, Vitamin E, Garlic and Thyme on the performance and meat quality of 405 one day old broiler chicks over a 42-day period. The trial had nine treatments with three replicates (45 per treatment). The treatment groups were supplemented with two levels of sodium selenite viz., 0.15 ppm (T2) and 0.3 ppm (T3); two levels of vitamin E viz., 150 IU/kg (T4) and 300 IU/kg (T5); two levels of garlic powder viz., 0.5 per cent (T6) and 1 per cent (T7); two levels of thyme powder viz., 0.5 g/kg (T8) and 1 g/kg (T9) and T1 group was the control, fed with the basal diet (Se, 0.23 ppm and vitamin E 40 IU/kg). After 42 day of feeding, three birds from each replicate were slaughtered conventionally and carcasses were packed in polyethylene bags and stored for 10 day at 4°C. Cumulative body weight, feed intake and feed efficiency were not affected by the supplement