National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
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 study was conducted to investigate the effect of supplementing neem and papaya leaf meal, individually and in combination on carcass characteristics and economics of broiler production. 220, day-old Cobb commercial broiler chicks were randomly divided into 11 treatments with 4 replicate having 5 chicks in each. In treatment groups along with basal diet, neem and papaya leaf meal were incorporated in the diet at two different levels, individually (0.5 and 1.0% of diet) and in three different combinations (1:1, 1:2 and 2:1 part of NLM and PLM @ 1.0 and 2.0% of diet). Experiment was conducted for 6 weeks. At the end of trial (42 days), 02 birds from each replicate were sacrificed for performing carcass traits. Economics of broiler production was calculated as feed cost/kg body weight gain for total period. Carcass characteristics of broilers had shown significant (P<0.05) superiority in treated groups. No specific trend was observed across dietary treatments, in weight of organs and processing losses. Better feed cost/kg weight gain was observed in broilers fed on diets supplemented with neem and papaya leaf meal in a 1:1 ratio at 1.0% of the diet. It could be concluded that supplementation of neem and papaya leaf meal in 1:1 ratio at 1.0% of diet results in more healthy broilers.
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