Indian Journal of Animal Research
Year : 2000, Volume : 34, Issue : 2
First page : ( 112) Last page : ( 115)
Print ISSN : 0367-6722.

Broiler performance as affected by anticoccidial drugs

Srivastava R.K., Singh Manoj, Chauhan S.S., Singh K.S.

Department of Animal Science, G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar - 263 145, India.

Abstract

A study was conducted to evaluate the effect of anticoccidial drugs on the broiler perfomance. 120 day old broiler chicks were equally divided in to four groups of 30 each and provided with four diets namely control diet (D₁) ACD - 98 @ 2009/MT (D₂) Maduramicin @ 500g/MT (D₃) and Maduramicin ammonium @ 500g/MT (D₄). The experiment lasted for 8 weeks. The results of the experiment showed the highest growth 1912.20±1.26g in group 04 followed by group D₃ (1853.23±1.26g), D₂ (1842.0±1.26g) and the lowest weight was noted in D₁ (1824.0 ± 1.26g). However, the feed consumption was ranged between 4821.91±0.66g to 4372.50±0.66g in D₁, D₂, D₃ and D₄ respectively. The feed conversion ratios varied within 2.20 to 2.66 in the various treatments. The differences in mean were highly significant (P<0.01). The retention of protein was highest in D₂ group i.e 75.74±0.50 per cent where as energy retention was maximum (85.56±0.67%) in group D₄. The calcium and phosphorous retention was also higher in D₄ group (87.26±0.68 and 81.26±0.58%). The digestibility coefficients of ether extract and crude fibre were also higher in-group D₄ (86.65±0.61 and 58.21±0.83%).

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