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Chaudhary Sarwan Kumar Himachal Pradesh Agriculture University, Palampur

Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya (renamed as Chaudhary Sarwan Kumar Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya in June, 2001) was established on 1st November, 1978.The College of Agriculture (established in May, 1966) formed the nucleus of the new farm University. It is ICAR accredited and ISO 9001:2015 certified institution. The Indian Council of Agricultural Research has ranked this University at eleventh place among all farm universities of the country. The University has been given the mandate for making provision for imparting education in agriculture and other allied branches of learning, furthering the advancement of learning and prosecution of research and undertaking extension of such sciences, especially to the rural people of Himachal Pradesh. Over the years, this University has contributed significantly in transforming the farm scenario of Himachal Pradesh. It has developed human resources, varieties and technologies and transferred these to farming community enabling the State to receive the “Krishikarman award” of Govt. of India four times in row for food grain production among small states of the country. Today, the State has earned its name for hill agricultural diversification and the farming community has imposed its faith in the University.

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Subject: Animal Nutrition × End date: 2018 × Start date: 2018 × Type: Thesis × Thesis Type: M.V.Sc. ×
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    NUTRIENT SPARING EFFECT OF EXOGENOUS FEED ENZYMES ON THE BIOLOGICAL PERFORMANCE OF POULTRY BROILER BIRDS
    (CSKHPKV, Palampur, 2018) Sood, Radhika Rajshree; Katoch, Shivani
    The study was conducted to evaluate the effect of exogenous feed enzymes viz. Hizyme and Phytase on the biological growth performance of commercial broiler poultry birds. For this purpose, day old broiler chicks (n=100) were divided into 5 main treatment groups viz. T0, T1, T2,T3and T4 under completely randomized block design. Each treatment group was further divided in 2 replicates with 10 chicks in each. T0 served as standard control diet and was given standard corn- soy flake based ration. Treatment T1 was given standard corn- soy flake based ration along with Hizyme at the rate of 25 grams per quintal feed and Phytase at the rate of 5grams per quintal(Activity -5000FTU) i.e. 250 FTU/Kg feed whereas T2 was given ration containing 5 percent lower calculated metabolizable energy(ME), Ca and P along with Hizyme and Phytase whereas treatment T3 was given ration containing 5 percent lower calculated minerals viz Ca and P along with phytase and treatment T4 was given ration with 5 percent lower calculated ME along with enzyme Hizyme. All the five broiler diets were formulated and prepared conferring to BIS (1992) standards. Formulated diet with 5 per cent lower metabolizable energy with addition of exogenous feed enzymes in treatment T4 exhibited increased growth rate, feed intake, feed conversion, dressing yield and profitability.Supplementation of Hizyme at the rate 25 grams/quintal and phytase 5grams/quintal improved gain in live weight and improved feed conversion ratio (FCR) in all treatments viz.T1, T2, T3andT4.Phytase supplementation @ 250 FTU/Kg feed did not compensate for the deficit in calcium and phosphorus as per BIS standards in treatment T2 during the starter phase but during the finisher phase the birds exhibited comparable weight gain and FCR compared to control T0.Hizyme and Phytase supplementation significantly (P<0.05) increased the crude fibre digestibility in treatment T2 compared to control group. Phosphorus digestibility was significantly (P<0.05) higher in treatment group T1, T2, T3 and T4 compared to control group. Tibial bone calcium content did not exhibit any difference in control and all the other treatments whereas the tibial bone phosphorus and magnesium content was significantly (P<0.05) reduced in treatment T3 and T4 compared to standard formulated diet T1. Blood parameters were not affected by supplementation of enzymes.Dressing percentage was not affected by reduction in ME, Ca and P, although live weight and dressed weight were significantly (P<0.05) higher in treatment group T1 compared to treatment group T2 and T3. Cost of feed per kilogram gain in live weight was lowest in treatment T4 (Rs. 41.83/Kg) supplemented with Hizyme and second lowest in treatment T2 (Rs. 42.27/Kg) where as it was highest in control group T0 (Rs. 46.82/Kg).
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    THE USE OF COTTONSEED MEAL AS A PROTEIN REPLACER IN POULTRY BROILER BIRD
    (CSKHPKV, Palampur, 2018-07-07) Thakur, Archna; Katoch, Shivani
    The study was conducted to evaluate the effect of the locally available non-dehulled cottonseed cake in the poultry broiler birds under completely randomized block design. For this purpose, day old broiler chicks (n=108) were divided into 4 main treatment groups T0, T1, T2 and T3. Each treatment group was further divided in 3 replicates with 9 chicks in each. T0 served as standard control diet and was given standard corn- soy flake- groundnut based ration. Treatment T1 was given ration containing 20 per cent non-dehulled cottonseed cake and T2 was given ration containing 20 per cent fermented non-dehulled cottonseed cake whereas treatment T3 was given ration containing 20 per cent non-dehulled cottonseed cake with additional supplementation of ferrous sulphate (600ppm) and lysine (2%). All the four broiler diets were formulated and prepared conferring to ICAR (2013) standards. Substitution of non-dehulled cottonseed cake as protein replacer at 20 per cent level depressed gain in live weight, poor feed conversion ratio (FCR) and affected the liver functioning in both treatments T1 and T2 compared to control T0 whereas treatment T3 supplemented with iron (Fe) and lysine compensate the toxic effect of gossypol and improved performance and feed conversion ratio (FCR) compared to treatment T1 and T2 but not comparable to control T0. Supplementation of non-dehulled cottonseed cake did not show any significant variation in complete blood count except for TLC which was significantly (P<0.05) higher in treatment T1. Plasma phosphorous, triglycerides, HDL, SGOT, SGPT, total protein and albumin content were non-significant amongst control and other treatment groups. Control T0 exhibited significantly (P<0.05) higher carcass weight, dressed weight, dressing percentage, breast muscle yield and cooking yield. Overall acceptability of chicken meat was higher in treatment T1 and T2. Cost benefit ratio indicated higher cost/kg gain in live weight in non-dehulled cottonseed cake and fermented non-dehulled cotton seed cake formulated ration. Thus, replacement of 20 per cent non-dehulled cottonseed cake available in the market as a protein replacer in feed of broiler birds was found to be uneconomical.