Effect of Certain Litter Materials on Broiler Performance
By: Sini Thomas.
Contributor(s): Amritha Viswanath (Guide).
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BookPublisher: mannuthy Department of Paultry Science, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences 1999DDC classification: 636.5 Online resources: Click here to access online Dissertation note: MVSc Abstract: An experiment was designed and conducted at the
Department of poultry Science, College of Veterinary and
Animal Sciences, Mannuthy to evaluate the efficacy of
different litter materials on the performance of broilers
under hot-humid conditions of Kerala. Two hundred and ten,
one-day old straight-run commerical broiler chicks were reared
for a period of eight weeks. The birds were allotted into
five different litter treatment groups, V1Z., wood shavings
(T1) which formed the control group, saw dust (T2), rice husk
(T3), coir pith (T4) and paddy chaff (T5), each c0mprising of
three replicates with fourteen birds each. Standard broiler
starter and finisher rations were formulated as per BIS (1992)
specifications for the broilers. The chicks were reared under
standard managemental conditions up to eight weeks of age.
Results of the study revealed that body weight and body
weight gain were not influenced by different litter treatments
throughout the experimental period. Even though feed
consumption and feed efficiency were influenced by litter
materials during the initial periods, there was no impact for
the rest of the experimental period. Processing yields and
losses were not affected by different litter treatments.
Litter quality parameters like weight of the litter at the
beginning and end of the experiment, weekly moisture content,
fortnightly ammonia-nitrogen content, nitrogen-phosphorus-
potassium content, litter pH and proximate composition of the
litter at the beginning, at sixth week and eighth week were
significantly different (P<0.01) between different treatment
groups. It was observed that even though there was significant
difference (P<O.05) between treatment groups for mortality by
fourth week of age, no significant difference was obtained for
all other periods. Cost-benefit analysis revealed that net
profit per bird by sixth week and eighth week of age was more
for litter materials, viz., saw dust, rice husk, coir pith and
paddy chaff than wood shavings.
Based on the above findings, it can be concluded that
different litter materials, viz., saw dust, rice husk, coir
pith and paddy chaff are equally good for broiler raising as
wood shavings during the month of January through March in
Kerala.
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An experiment was designed and conducted at the
Department of poultry Science, College of Veterinary and
Animal Sciences, Mannuthy to evaluate the efficacy of
different litter materials on the performance of broilers
under hot-humid conditions of Kerala. Two hundred and ten,
one-day old straight-run commerical broiler chicks were reared
for a period of eight weeks. The birds were allotted into
five different litter treatment groups, V1Z., wood shavings
(T1) which formed the control group, saw dust (T2), rice husk
(T3), coir pith (T4) and paddy chaff (T5), each c0mprising of
three replicates with fourteen birds each. Standard broiler
starter and finisher rations were formulated as per BIS (1992)
specifications for the broilers. The chicks were reared under
standard managemental conditions up to eight weeks of age.
Results of the study revealed that body weight and body
weight gain were not influenced by different litter treatments
throughout the experimental period. Even though feed
consumption and feed efficiency were influenced by litter
materials during the initial periods, there was no impact for
the rest of the experimental period. Processing yields and
losses were not affected by different litter treatments.
Litter quality parameters like weight of the litter at the
beginning and end of the experiment, weekly moisture content,
fortnightly ammonia-nitrogen content, nitrogen-phosphorus-
potassium content, litter pH and proximate composition of the
litter at the beginning, at sixth week and eighth week were
significantly different (P<0.01) between different treatment
groups. It was observed that even though there was significant
difference (P
all other periods. Cost-benefit analysis revealed that net
profit per bird by sixth week and eighth week of age was more
for litter materials, viz., saw dust, rice husk, coir pith and
paddy chaff than wood shavings.
Based on the above findings, it can be concluded that
different litter materials, viz., saw dust, rice husk, coir
pith and paddy chaff are equally good for broiler raising as
wood shavings during the month of January through March in
Kerala.
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