The experiment was conducted for 35 day long period to find out the performance of broilers fed with different feed additives by using day old COBB-500 broiler chicks (n=240). The experimental chicks were reared with proper management including brooding, feeding, watering, housing and maintaining bio-security, and data regarding performance were recorded weekly. The cumulative feed intake was the highest in citric acid group (3028.0±1.5 g/bird) which varied significantly (P<0.05) among control (2940.50±5.1 g/bird), antibiotic (3004.75±2.9 g/bird) and probiotics group (3015.50±4.8 g/bird) for whole experimental period. Significantly (P<0.05) highest values were found with citric acid in live weight (1791.0±2.1 g/bird) and weight gain (1740.50±3.1 g/bird), followed by (1723.75±3.0 g/bird) and (1673.50±4.1 g/bird) in probiotics, respectively. In addition, best feed conversion ratio (FCR) was found in citric acid group (1.74±.0) compared to probiotics (1.80±.0), antibiotic (1.82±.0) and control group (1.90±.0). From this experiment, it may conclude that citric acid can be used as a better alternative growth promoter for broiler production in the poultry industry. 1374256035.php
Effects of Citric acid, Antibiotic growth promoter and Probiotics on growth performance of broilers
Date : 2013-09-13 Volume : 5