EFFECT OF DIETARY SUPPLEMENTATION OF MULBERRY LEAF (Morus alba) MEAL ON GROWTH PERFORMANCE OF BROILERS
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2018
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Dr. Balasaheb Sawant Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth, Dapoli , Dist : Ratnagiri
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An experiment was conducted to investigate the effect of dietary supplementation of Mulberry leaf (Morus alba) meal on growth performance of broilers at Poultry Unit, Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairy Science. A day-old 200 broiler chicks were purchased from hatchery. The chicks were divided into five treatments of 40 birds each. Treatments were: control group with no supplement, T1 (25 per cent mulberry leaf meal), T2 (30 per cent mulberry leaf meal), T3 (35 per cent mulberry leaf meal) and T4 (40 per cent mulberry leaf meal). Results of experiment showed that supplementation of mulberry leaf meal have significantly (P<0.05) lowest feed intake in treatment T4 (1717.48 g/bird) and highest in T0 (1939.52 g/bird).
Live body weight was obtained highest in treatment T2 (1417.20 g) and feed conversion ratio was also superior in treatment T2 (1.44). Serum total Cholesterol was lowest in T3 (124.3mg/dl) and LDL lowest in T4 (69.23 mg/dl), triglyceride slowest in T2 (83.85mg/dl) and Sr. HDL value was highest in T2 (31.23 mg/dl).RBC, WBC found highest in treatment T4 (2.6 106/mm3), (36405 cell/mm3), respectively. Haemoglobin and PCV found highest in T3 (14.65 mg/dl), (37.65 per cent). Also better meat quality and highest economic returns observed in T2 (30% MLM treatment)
It can be concluded that, 30 per cent mulberry leaf meal significantly improved growth performance, dressing percentage, meat quality and economical returns over other treatments. Also 30 per cent mulberry leaf meal effectively reduced
serum total cholesterol, LDL and triglyceride and increased HDL, haemoglobin, RBC, WBC and PCV than control group.
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