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Anand Agricultural University, Anand

Anand Agricultural University (AAU) was established in 2004 at Anand with the support of the Government of Gujarat, Act No.(Guj 5 of 2004) dated April 29, 2004. Caved out of the erstwhile Gujarat Agricultural University (GAU), the dream institution of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and Dr. K. M. Munshi, the AAU was set up to provide support to the farming community in three facets namely education, research and extension activities in Agriculture, Horticulture Engineering, product Processing and Home Science. At present there seven Colleges, seventeen Research Centers and six Extension Education Institute working in nine districts of Gujarat namely Ahmedabad, Anand, Dahod, Kheda, Panchmahal, Vadodara, Mahisagar, Botad and Chhotaudepur AAU's activities have expanded to span newer commodity sectors such as soil health card, bio-diesel, medicinal plants apart from the mandatory ones like rice, maize, tobacco, vegetable crops, fruit crops, forage crops, animal breeding, nutrition and dairy products etc. the core of AAU's operating philosophy however, continues to create the partnership between the rural people and committed academic as the basic for sustainable rural development. In pursuing its various programmes AAU's overall mission is to promote sustainable growth and economic independence in rural society. AAU aims to do this through education, research and extension education. Thus, AAU works towards the empowerment of the farmers.

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Subject: Livestock Production and Management × Author: VAHORA, MAKBULAHMED RASULBHAI × End date: 2004 × Start date: 2004 × Type: Thesis ×
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    EFFECT OF HERBAL, HOMOEOPATHIC AND ENZYME PREPARATIONS AS GROWTH PROMOTERS AND IMMUNOMODULATORS IN COMMERCIAL BROILERS
    (AAU, Anand, 2004) VAHORA, MAKBULAHMED RASULBHAI; Khanna, Kuldeep
    The present experiment was conducted at Poultry Complex, College of Veterinary Sci. and A. H., Anand Agricultural University, Anand Campus, Anand, to study the effect of supplementation of herbal, homoeopathic drugs and enzymes on the production performance of commercial broilers. Four hundred straight run day-old "Cobb" commercial broiler chicks of homogenous flock were divided into four equal groups. Four different treatments were randomly assigned to four groups (100 chicks per treatment) with five replications each (20 chicks per replicate) viz., T1: Control diet, T2: Control diet, plus Zist®@25 g/100kg, T3: Control diet, plus Homoeopathic drugs in drinking water, T4: Control diet, with Caplix premium® @ 50 g/100kg. In broiler starter and broiler finisher feed, the energy and protein content was kept higher than BIS (1992a,b) feeding standards. The crude protein content of broiler starter was higher by 4.35% and for broiler finisher it was 10% higher whereas, corresponding figures for increased energy content were 8.14% and 7.62% respectively. All experimental feeds were fortified with adequate vitamin and mineral supplements and coccicidal drugs. Birds were reared on deep litter with rice husk as a litter material during the entire experimental period. The average initial body weights of chicks were 39.01 ±0.17, 39.12± 0.45, 38.74±0.34 and 39.11±0.40g respectively and average body weight at 42 days reached to 1718.88±12.68, (T1) 1872.47±18.77.(T2) 1821.76±19.82(T3) and 1865.73±14.39 (T4)g The body weight gain for various treatments T1,T2,T3 and T4 were 1679.87±11.35, 1833.35±19.82, 1783.02±20.06 and 1826.62±13.62g respectively. Body weight and body weight gain were significantly higher (P<0.01) in herbal, homoeopathic drugs and enzymes supplemented groups than the control group. The average total feed consumption (g) from 0-6 weeks for T1, T2, T3 and T4 was 3457.03±37.70, 3388.46±49.34, 3362.43±69.20 and 3345.04±63.94g respectively. The difference was found to be statistically nonsignificant. During metabolic trial, the significantly higher (P<0.05) average daily dry matter intake (g) was observed in T2 (131.14±2.5) over T3 (123.14±2.27) and in T1 (117.71 ±2.36) and T4 (125.74±2.87) over T1. Average daily dry matter intake per metabolic body weight (g/Wkg°'^^) was non-significant; while, average crude protein intake (g) per kg gain in body weight was significantly (P<0.01) higher in T1 (406.93±9.92) as compared to T2 (351.97±5.52), T3 (360.73±7.71) and T4 (344.94±8.43). The overall (0-6 weeks) average feed conversion ratio was 1.94±0.008, 1.75±0.005, 1.78±0.017 and 1.74±0.012 for T1, T2, T3 and T4 respectively. The FCR was significantly (P<0.01) superior in treatment group T4 followed by T2 and T3 than the control group. The average balance (g/day) of N, Ca and P were positive in all the groups and found to be 2.13±0.03, 1.14±0.01, and 0.45±0.03g for T1; 3.10±0.02, 1.62±0.03 and 0.54±0.04 for T2; 2.60±0.07, 1.34±0.02 and 0.49±0.03 for T3 and 2.92±0.04, 1.53±0.03 and 0.86±0.02 for T4 respectively. Significant differences (P<0.01) in balances of N, Ca and P were observed from the study and were in accordance with growth performance data. The average dressing percentage was 60.09±0.33, 63.67±0.42, 62.87±0.53 and 64.14±0.24 for T1, T2, T3 and T4 respectively, which was significantly (P<0.01) higher in T4, T2 and T3 as compared to T1; however, average weights of the organs viz., liver, gizzard, heart and spleen were unaffected. The average percent livability of birds for T1, T2, T3 and T4 was 95, 98, 96 and 97 respectively. The inclusion of herbal (Zist®) and enzyme supplementation (Caplix premium®) in broiler feed and homoeopathic drugs in drinking water gave higher H.l.titre for ND than the control group, however, the differences were found to be non-significant. The average mean H.I. titre at loga value for T1, T2, T3 and T4 were 3.80±0.25, 4.40±0.47, 4.20±0.36 and 3.90±0.27 respectively. The average cost of feeding (Rs.) per kg gain in weight was Rs. 20.58±0.09, 18.74±0.11, 19.94±0.20 and 18.67±0.11 for T1, T2, T3 and T4 respectively, which was found significantly (P<0.01) higher in T1 (control) as compared to T2, T3 and T4. However, T2 and T4 were at par with each other. The return over feed cost was significantly higher (P<0.01) for T2 (Rs.43.56), T3 (Rs.40.18) and T4 (Rs.43.52) and as compared to T1 (Rs.36.82). Thus, the inclusion of herbal supplementation (Zist®) in broiler ration was more economical followed by inclusion of enzymes and homoeopathic preparations. The overall results of the study indicated that supplementation of herbal, enzymes and homoeopathic preparations helped in improving the production performance of broilers.