Efficacy of acidified litter treatment on broiler production during rainy season
2015
Sahoo, Sarada Prasanna | Dewindara Kaura, | Sethi, A.P.S. | Chandrahas, | Saini, A.L.
An experiment was conducted to compare the effect of litter treatment by using acidifiers on growth performance, carcass quality and welfare of commercial broiler chicks during rainy season (July to August). A total of 180, day-old (Vencobb) broiler chicks were equally and randomly assigned to two litter abatements with alum (ATL) and sodium bisulphate (SBTL) treatment groups along with one control group of 60 birds each for 6 weeks. All the chicks were reared under identical managemental conditions except the treatment groups with acidifier litter. The ATL group with alum sulphate at the dose rate of 90 gm/sq.ft. and SBTL group with sodium bisulfate at the dose rate of 25 gm/sq.ft. were used against the control group without any litter treatment. The results revealed that, average body weight was highest (P<0.05) in SBTL group (1786.32 g) followed closely by ATL (1707.00 g) than the control group (1678.86 g) at end of 6ᵗʰ week. The growing chicks significantly gained more body weight with better FCR, PER, EER and higher carcass yield in the same order of succession. Findings suggested that both the moisture content and pH of the acidified treated and the control litter had significant difference (P<0.05) clearly revealing the efficiency of litter treatment products to improve the quality of litter and in turn enhancing the productivity and welfare in broiler production.
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