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 objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of dietary supplementation of Ajwain (Trachyspermum ammi L.) on the growth of Pratapdhan chicken. An experiment was conducted on 120 unsexed Pratapdhan chicks (day old) randomly design in 4 treatment groups with 3 replicates, each consisting of 10 chicks. Three treatment groups were as follows – T1: Standard chick ration as per BIS standards; T2: Standard chick ration supplemented with 0.1% Ajwain; T3: Standard chick ration supplemented with 0.2% Ajwain; and T4: Standard chick ration supplemented with 0.3% Ajwain. The results obtained regarding performance of the Pratapdhan chicken showed that, the significant difference was observed in body weight and body weight gain than the control group. The body weight (g) of the chicks at 8 weeks of age was the highest in T3 chicks (1203±42.24), followed by T2 (1158.39±45.10), T4 (1140.46±36.35) and T1 (1130.88±), respectively. The weekly body weight gain (215.26± 2.88) was highest in T3 the difference was significant over control group. The total feed intake (g) was lowest in T3 (3017) followed T2 (3073), T1 (3206) and T4 (3234). The increase in the feed intake of T4 group may be due to the laxative and purgative effect of Ajwain. The feed conversion ratio (3.28±0.02) of T3 group was also found better over the control group. Performance index of T3 (65.54±1.76) group was significantly higher than the other groups. Similar trend was also found in Protein efficiency (1.51±0.02) and energy efficiency (10.87±0.28). On the basis of the result of the present study, it is concluded that dietary addition of Ajwain has a positive effect on performance of Pratapdhan chicks when added at the 0.2% of broiler ration and can be alternative a growth promoter in feeding of broiler ration.
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