Effect of dietary supplementation of creatine monohydrate powder on performance of broiler chicken Kawathe S.S., Gadegaonkar G.M.*, Kulkarni R.C., Channa G. R., Dhaigude M. V. Department of Animal Nutrition, Department of Poultry Science, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Udgir, MAFSU, Nagpur, Maharashtra, 440001 *Correspondence: drgmgadegaonkar@gmail.com
Online published on 22 August, 2023. Abstract The trial involved 300 day old broiler chicks (“VenCobb430y” strain) randomly allocated into five equal groups viz. T0, T1, T2, T3 and T4, of 60 chicks each, with four replicates and 15 chicks in each replica. GroupT0(control)received standard broiler dietaccordingto BIS,(2007),Group T1 and T2received cornsoy based standard diet (vegetable protein) supplemented with Creatine monohydrate (CMH) @ 0.1 and 0.15%, respectively, whereas, Group T3 and T4 received corn-soy and fish meal based standard diet (animal protein) supplemented with CMH @ 0.1 and 0.15%, respectively. The trial lasted for six weeks. The diets were formulated using conventional feed ingredients. The final live body weight as well as body weight gainof group T1 was significantly(P<0.05) higher than the groups T0, T3 and T4.The mean feed consumption was comparable among different experimental groups. The mean weekly feed conversion ratio of groups T1 was significantly (P<0.01) better than the groups T0, T3 and T4. The average serum protein and albumin values for groups T1 and T2 were significantly (P<0.01) higher than T0, T3 and T4 groups. The average serum globulin, BUN, serum creatinine, SGPT, SGOT values were comparable among different experimental groups. The net profit per bird and net profit per kg live body weight was higher in group T1 followed by control, T3, T2 and T4 groups. Thus, it is concluded that supplementation of creatine monohydrate powder @ 0.1% in corn-soy based broiler chicken feed is beneficial in improving weight gain, feed conversion ratio and blood biochemical profile and such supplementation is also cost effective. Supplementation of creatine monohydrate powder @ 0.15% in corn-soy based diet and 0.1% or 0.15% in corn-soy-fish meal based diet is beneficial in improving overall performance of birds but not cost effective. Top Keywords Blood biochemical, Broiler Chicken, Creatine monohydrate, Growth. Top |