Comparative Efficiency of Summer Stress Busting Phytochemicals Supplemented in Feed to Improve Production Performance of Broiler
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2017-12
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An experiment was conducted to analyse the effects of dietary inclusion of Aloe Vera,
Turmeric powder and buttermilk on growth performance, feed conversion ratio and carcass
yield in broiler chicken. The experiment involved two hundred Cobb 400 broiler chicks
which were used on complete randomized design in 4 treatments with 5 replicates, each
consisting of 10 broiler chicks. The groups included the control group (basal diet), Aloe
vera group (basal diet + 1% aloe vera in drinking water), Turmeric powder group (basal
diet + 0.5% turmeric powder in feed), Buttermilk group (basal diet + 1% buttermilk in
drinking water). The experiment lasted for 35 days during which the following parameters
were collected: body weight gain, feed conversion ratio and carcass yield. The highest
body weight gain (in g) was noticed in T2 (1875±41.22) and T1 (1811±47.36) followed by
T3 (1746±64.21) and T4 (1737±54.49) at fifth week age of broiler chicken. Lowest FCR (in
g) was noticed in T3 (1.826 0.020) followed by T2, T1 and T4 for 1.853 0.020,
1.880 0.031 and 1.938 0.022 respectively. The highest carcass yield (in g) was noticed in
T2 (1454.67±40.30) followed by T3, T1 and T4 for 1429.16±32.24, 1394.83±42.58 and
1351.50±22.87 respectively. Similarly, the highest dressing percentage was noticed in T 3
(72.45±1.41) followed by T2, T4 and T1 for 70.93±0.98, 70.85±0.48 and 69.43±0.65
respectively.
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Veterinary Science, Animal Husbandry Statistics and Computer Applications