National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
The present experiment was conducted to find out the effects of adding different levels (0, 0.1 and 0.5%) of garlic (Allium sativum) powder to the basal experimental diet on the feed intake, growth performance and economics of broiler chicks. One hundred and eighty (n=180) day old unsexed white commercial broiler chicks (Cobb-400) were randomly distributed into three dietary treatments of 60 birds/dietary treatment and each treatment contained 4 replicates (15 birds/replicate). The dietary treatments were control (T1-basal diet only), garlic powder supplemented at 0.1% (T2) and 0.5% (T3) in basal diet. Daily feed intake, weekly body weight and residue left over were recorded to calculate the feed conversion ratio. Results revealed that dietary supplementation of 0.1% garlic powder (T2) significantly (P<0.001) improved body weight, body weight gain as compared to birds supplemented with 0.5 % garlic powder (T3) and control (T1). Dietary supplementation of 0.1% garlic powder (T2) significantly (P<0.05) improved feed intake and feed conversion ratio as compared to birds supplemented with 0.5 % garlic powder (T3) and control (T1). Total cost (₹)/kg meat was reduced (P<0.001) in 0.1% garlic (T2) as compared to 0.5 % garlic (T3) supplemented birds or control (T1). Thus, dietary supplementation of 0.1 % garlic had beneficial effect on growth performance and cost of production.
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