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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: 2021 × Start date: 2020 × Type: Thesis ×
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    Effect of feeding locally available Urtica dioica (Stinging Nettle/ Bichu Buti) on biological performance of Broilers
    (palampur, 2020-10-29) Shivanshi; Sharma, Arun
    The study was conducted to evaluate the effect of feeding Urtica dioica (Stinging nettle/ Bichu Buti) in commercial broiler birds under complete randomized block design. Day old broiler chicks (n=180) were divided into six treatment groups T0, T1, T2, T3, T4 and T5 with three replicates of ten chicks in each. All the birds were fed isonitrogenous and isocaloric standard diet. The birds in treatment T0 (control group) were fed standard poultry diet while in treatments T1, T2, T3, T4 and T5, the standard poultry diet was supplemented with antibiotic (zinc bacitracin), 0.5%, 1%, 1.5% and 2% nettle leaves powder, respectively. The result of the study showed that treatment group T4 fed with 1.5% nettle leaves in basal diet showed significantly (P<0.05) enhanced growth performance in terms of gain in body weight and feed conversion efficiency. It significantly (P<0.05) increased the dressing percentage. Highest % weight of gizzard was observed in group fed 1% nettle leaves powder mixed in standard diet. Among blood parameters, the value of Hb and PCV was significantly (P<0.05) higher in T3 and T4 treatment groups. The value of RBCs was significantly (P<0.05) higher in T4 treatment group whereas the value of WBCs, MCV, MCH and MCHC did not exhibit any significant differences amongst different treatment groups. However, plasma cholesterol and triglycerides concentrations were significantly low (P<0.05) in T4 and T5 treatment groups as compared to control and other treatment groups. Overall economic analysis revealed that group of birds supplemented with 1.5% nettle leaves powder exhibited 41.37% higher gross profit as compared to the control in terms of body weight gain and feed efficiency and increasing supplementation beyond this decreased profitability as well as growth
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    Use of phyto-additives in broiler diet with lower nutrient density
    (Palampur, 2021-12-27) Sharma, Sahil; Katoch, Shivani
    A study was conducted to evaluate phyto-additive viz. garlic powder (0.5%), cinnamon extract (0.1%) and a combination of garlic powder and cinnamon extract as an additive in poultry broiler diet with lower energy density under complete randomized design. For this purpose, vencobb-400 strain day old broiler chicks (n=195) were divided into 5 main treatment groups viz. T0, T1, T2, T3 and T4. Each treatment group was further divided into 3 replicates with 13 chicks in each. T0 served as positive control offered standard diet offered corn- soy flake-based ration (starter 21.95% CP and 2875 Kcal/kg ME; Finisher 19.82% CP and 2914 Kcal/kg ME), T1 served as negative control offered corn-soy based feed with low energy density (starter 21.95% CP and 2593 Kcal/kg ME; Finisher 19.82% CP and 2631 Kcal/kg ME), Treatment T2 was given standard corn- soy flake-based ration supplemented with 0.5% Garlic Powder (GP) but with low energy density (starter 21.95% CP and 2593 Kcal/kg ME; Finisher 19.82% CP and 2631 Kcal/kg ME), Treatment T3 was given standard corn- soy flakebased ration supplemented with 0.1% Cinnamon Extract (CE) but with low energy density (starter 21.95% CP and 2593 Kcal/kg ME; Finisher 19.82% CP and 2631 Kcal/kg ME) and Treatment T4 was given standard corn- soy flake based supplemented with combination of 0.5% GP and 0.1 CE but with low energy density (starter 21.95% CP and 2593 Kcal/kg ME; Finisher 19.82% CP and 2631 Kcal/kg ME). Perusal of results revealed that phyto-additive supplementation namely 0.5 % GP, 0.1% CE and combination of 0.5 % GP + 0.1% CE in low energy density feed positively influenced the growth, nutrient utilization with better feed to gain ratio, both during starter and finisher phase. Overall cinnamon extract supplementation at 0.1 per cent in low energy feed exhibited higher nitrogen retention exhibiting higher live weight gain and feed to gain ratio compared to combination of 0.5 % GP + 0.1% CE. Highest dressing percentage, thigh yield and low abdominal fat with leaner meat was recorded by CE (0.1%) addition and GP (0.5%) + CE (0.1%) combination supplemented to low energy density feed.  The organoleptic factors viz. flavor and overall acceptability of the meat was significantly (P<0.05) influenced by addition of cinnamon (0.1%) and combination of GP (0.5%) + CE (0.1%) supplementation. Economics of broiler production revealed lowest cost of producing 1 Kg meat by CE (0.1%) supplementation whereas it was highest in GP (0.5%) + CE (0.1%) supplementation. Therefore, it is concluded that compared to garlic powder (0.5%) and combination of garlic powder (0.5%) +cinnamon extract (0.1%), cinnamon extract (0.1%) supplementation alone in low energy density feed offered to broiler birds positively compensate the low energy by influencing the GIT (gastrointestinal tract) environment, lowering bacterial count, leading to better nitrogen retention and growth. Cinnamon extract supplementation at 0.1 per cent increases broiler dressing percentage, positively influences organoleptic values of the meat and reduce the cost of broiler meat production by 5.46% leading to good economic return to the farmers