Production Performance of Broilers Fed with Glucose, Egg Powder and Whey Powder During Juvenile Period
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2016-02
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Indian Veterinary Journal
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The biological trial was conducted by using two hundred fifty six commercial, sex separated, day-old broiler chicks. These chicks were randomly grouped into eight treatments with four replicates of eight chicks each and fed with basal diet as T1 (Control), T2 (Control + 100g of glucose/kg), T3 (Control + 100g of egg powder/kg), T4 (Control + 100g of whey powder/kg), T5 (Control + 100g of glucose + 100g of egg powder), T6 (Control + 100g of glucose + 100g of whey powder), T7 (Control + 100g of egg powder + 100g of whey powder) and T8 (Control + 100g of glucose + 100g of egg powder + 100g of whey powder). The experimental feed was formulated according to the standards prescribed in Bureau of Indian Standards by including viz. glucose, egg powder, whey powder and their combinations. The supplementation of glucose, egg powder, whey powder and their combination in the diet of broilers had significant difference in body weight (P<0.05) up to six weeks of age, body weight gain (P<0.05) from four to sixth weeks, feed consumption (P<0.05) at sixth week of age, cumulative feed consumption (P<0.01) at fifth and sixth week of age and feed conversion ratio (P<0.01) at fifth and sixth week of age. The dietary treatments had no significant effect on livability.
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Glucose, Egg Powder, Whey powder, Juvenile period and broilers