EFFECTS OF DIETARY SUPPLEMENTATION OF ACIDIFIER AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO ANTIBIOTIC GROWTH PROMOTER ON PERFORMANCE OF COMMERCIAL BROILERS
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2018
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POULTRY RESEARCH STATION COLLEGE OF VETERINARY SCIENCE & ANIMAL HUSBANDRY ANAND AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY
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The experiment was conducted to study the effects of dietary supplementation of acidifier as an alternative to antibiotic growth promoter on performance of commercial broilers. One hundred and ninety two (192) straight run day old commercial broiler chicks were distributed randomly to six treatment groups, consisting of 32 chicks in each treatment group. Each treatment group consisted of four replicates with 8 chicks per replicate. The experiment was conducted for a period of six weeks. The six treatments were divided as follows: T1 ration was kept as control (No antibiotic and no organic acid), T2 ration contained bacitracin methylene disalicylate (BMD) @ 50g/100 kg feed, T3 ration contained coated sodium butyrate @ 0.2% (200g/100kg feed), T4 ration contained coated sodium butyrate @ 0.4% (400g/100kg feed), T5 ration contained esterified sodium butyrate @ 0.2% (200g/100kg feed) and T6 ration contained esterified Sodium butyrate @ 0.4% (400g/100kg feed).
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