Effect of Feeding Different Leaf Meal on Performance and Carcass Characteristics of Broiler
Javed Mulla, M.C. Shivakumar, D.G. Naik
Abstract
Eighty chicks of one day -old were divided into four different groups of 20 each. Two per cent additional oven dried subabul, mulbery, stylozanthus leaves were fed to different groups and one group served as control. Significant (p>0.05) gain in body weight could be seen among the groups. Birds fed with subabul performed better (p>0.05) when compared to control group with just basel diet followed by stylozanthus and mulbery group. Stylozanthus group birds consumed less feed compared to other different leaf meals additional supplemented group. Better feed efficiency could be seen in stylozanthus followed by subabul, control and mulbery group birds. None of the carcass characteristics was statistically significant (p>0.05) except weight of lungs. Weight of the lungs was higher in mulbery group followed by stylo, subabul and control group birds.
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