Effect of Graded Levels of Moringa Leaf Meal on the Body Weight Gain, Feed Conversion Ratio, Immune Competence Traits and Meat Composition of Coloured Chicken

Abstract This study aimed to evaluate the effect of zinc supplementation in various diets on the performance and health status of IPB-D2 chickens. Subsequently, about 180 one-week-old IPB-D2 chickens were used in the study and were fed the treatment diets for 12 weeks. Also, this study employed a completely randomised factorial design with six treatments and three replications of ten birds each. These treatment diets included A1, which contained nutrients based on SNI (2013) without Zn supplementation, A2 which is a combination of A1 and 60 ppm of Zinc, B1 which contained nutrients 5% higher than SNI without Zn supplementation, B2 which is a combination of B1 and 60 ppm Zinc, C1 which contains nutrients 10% higher than SNI without Zn supplementation, and lastly, C2 which is a combination of C1 and 60 ppm of Zinc. Furthermore, the data were analysed using ANOVA, and the parameters observed were the body weight, body weight gain, feed consumption, feed conversion ratio, blood profile and the villi surface area of the jejunum. Consequently, the results showed that C2 significantly (P<0.05) increased the body weight and body weight gain when fed to the finisher and grower chickens, respectively. More so, when the finisher chickens were fed the 10% SNI diet, there was an increased body weight gain and also a significantly (P<0.05) decreased feed conversion ratio. Furthermore, the addition of 60 ppm zinc increased haemoglobin significantly (P<0.05), whereas C2 decreased leukocytes significantly (P<0.05) in chicken blood. However, the treatments had no effect on feed consumption in the villi surface area of the jejunum. Therefore, the study concluded that supplementing the IPB-D2 chickens with 60 ppm zinc in a 10% SNI diet resulted in the best performance and health status.

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Suplementasi Urea Molasis Blok untuk Meningkatkan Penampilan Kambing Peranakan Etawah yang Diberi Pakan Hijauan Gamal

Jurnal Agripet ◽

10.17969/agripet.v12i2.203 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 12 (2) ◽

pp. 49-54

Author(s):

Ni Wayan Siti ◽

I. G. M. A. Sucipta ◽

I. M. Mudita ◽

I. B. G. Partama ◽

I.G.L.O. Cakra

Keyword(s):

Body Weight ◽

Weight Gain ◽

Body Weight Gain ◽

Latin Square ◽

Nutrient Digestibility ◽

Conversion Ratio ◽

Feed Conversion Ratio ◽

The Body ◽

Feed Consumption ◽

Feed Conversion

The supplementation of urea molasses block for increasing performance of ettawah crossbred goats fed diet containing gliricidia spium green forage ABSTRACT. The aimed of this experiment to study the supplementation of urea molasses block for performance increased of ettawah crossbred goats fed diet containing Gliricidia spium green forage has been conducted at Tabanan regency and Animal Nutrition Laboratory. The Latin Square Design which four treatments and four replicates was used in this experiment. The four treatments were the levels of urea molasses block : 0, 50, 100 and 150g respectively. The animal access to ad libitum Gliricidia spium green forage and drink water. The animal fed twice a day urea molasses block at the morning and at the afternoon. The variables which were observed including feed consumption, nutrient digestibility, body weight gain and feed conversion ratio. The result of this experiment showed dry matter feed consumption, drink water, nutrient digestibility of the four treatments is not significantly different (P 0.05). The body weight gain at treatment C was significantly higher (P 0.05), but feed conversion ratio (FCR) was significantly lower (P 0.05) than treatments A, B and D. From the results in this experiment it can be concluded that the used of urea molasses block 100g on the effect to increased the performance of ettawah crossbred goats with basal diet Gliricidia spium green forage.

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Dietary evaluation of starter broiler chicks fed cooked cocoyam tuber meal (xanthosoma sagitifolium) as energy source in place of maize

Nigerian Journal of Animal Production ◽

10.51791/njap.v46i4.280 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 46 (4) ◽

pp. 153-160

Author(s):

B. C. Anyaegbu ◽

D. N. Onunkwo ◽

G. Igwe ◽

J. Nathaniel ◽

C. M. Nkwo

Keyword(s):

Energy Source ◽

Body Weight ◽

Weight Gain ◽

Feed Intake ◽

Body Weight Gain ◽

Conversion Ratio ◽

Feed Conversion Ratio ◽

The Body ◽

Broiler Chicks ◽

Feed Conversion

Considering the inherent attributes of tannia cocoyam (Xanthosoma sagitifolium) its appropriate utilization may enhance performance of starter broiler chicks. This study was therefore carried out to determine the dietary evaluation of starter broiler chicks fed cooked cocoyam tuber meal as energy source in place of maize. The cooked cocoyam tuber meal was used to replace maize at various levels of 25%, 50%, 75% and 100% respectively for diets 2, 3, 4 and 5 to determine the best replacement level that would give optimal performance in starter broiler chicks' diets. Result of the proximate composition of cooked cocoyam tuber meal showed that it contained 13.11% moisture, 2.60% ash, 1.85% ether extract, 3.90% crude protein, 9.45% crude fibre, 70.13% nitrogen free extract and 3004.37 Kcal/kgME. 150 day old Anak broiler chicks were used for the experiment. They were divided into 5 treatment groups of 30 broiler chicks each. Each treatment group was subdivided into 3 replicates of 10 broiler chicks each and kept in deep litter. Each starter diet was fed to a group of 30 starter broilers for 4 weeks using completely randomized design. They were given feed and water adlibitum. Parameters measured include initial body weight, final body weight, body weight gain, feed intake, feed conversion ratio and economics of production. In the starter broiler feeding trial, the starter broilers on 25% cooked cocoyam meal compared favourably with the control (P> 0.05) in terms of feed intake, body weight gain and feed conversion ratio and significantly (P > 0.05) performed between than those on 100% CCYM. The cost of production (N/Kg broiler) was however cheapest for diet 2 (25% CCYM) N395 versus control diet (N494.28). It was therefore concluded that cooked cocoyam tuber meal (Xanthosoma sagitifolium) could be used in the diets of starter broiler chicks' up to 25% without affecting the body weight gain, feed intake and feed conversion ratio as indicated in this study.

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Response of pullets to digestible lysine intake

Czech Journal of Animal Science ◽

10.17221/7401-cjas ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 59 (No. 5) ◽

pp. 208-218 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

J.A. de Araujo ◽

N.K. Sakomura ◽

E.P. da Silva ◽

J.C. De Paula Dorigam ◽

D.C. Zanardo Donato ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Body Weight ◽

Weight Gain ◽

Body Weight Gain ◽

Conversion Ratio ◽

Feed Conversion Ratio ◽

The Body ◽

Quadratic Polynomial ◽

Feed Conversion ◽

Mathematical Functions ◽

Quadratic Curve

The objective was to determine the efficiency of utilization of lysine and to describe the responses of pullets to different digestible lysine intakes using three mathematical functions to estimate an optimal intake maximizing body weight gain and feed conversion ratio. The trials were conducted using 2–6-, 8–12-, and 14–18-week-old birds and a completely randomized experimental design with eight treatments and six replicates. The digestible lysine levels ranged 3.20–10.67 g/kg (in 2–6-week-old animals), 2.24–7.48 g/kg (in 8–12-week-old animals), and 1.73–5.78 g/kg (in 14–18-week-old animals) and were obtained using a dilution technique. The efficiency of utilization was determined by a linear regression between lysine deposition and intake for pullets aged 2–4, 8–10, and 14–16 weeks. Three mathematical functions (quadratic polynomial, broken-line, and broken-line with quadratic ascending function) were used to fit the body weight gain and feed conversion responses. The optimal digestible lysine intake was obtained from the first intercept of the quadratic curve with the broken-line plateau. Based on the body weight gain, the responses obtained from the broken-line function and the broken-line with quadratic ascending were similar to those from the quadratic polynomial function. The feed conversion ratio from the first intercept of the quadratic curve with the broken-line plateau was similar to the value obtained from the broken-line with quadratic ascending function only in 2–6-week-old animals. The digestible lysine intakes required to optimize the body weight gain and feed conversion ratio responses were 202, 338, and 300 and 146, 312, and 259 mg/day and the efficiencies were 80, 76, and 80% for 2–6-, 8–12-, and 14–18-week-old animals, respectively.  

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PERBANDINGAN PEMBERIAN BEBERAPA LEVEL MIKROKAPSUL MINYAK IKAN DALAM RANSUM TERHADAP PERFORMA BROILER

10.31227/osf.io/6rmxg ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Toni Malvin

Keyword(s):

Body Weight ◽

Weight Gain ◽

Fish Oil ◽

Body Weight Gain ◽

Conversion Ratio ◽

Feed Conversion Ratio ◽

The Body ◽

Feed Consumption ◽

Feed Conversion ◽

Randomized Design

This study aimed to determine the effect of fish oil microcapsules (MMI) in feed on broiler performance. The research material is 80 head of broiler DOC and basal feed with 22% protein and energy metabolism of 3000 Kcal/kg. The research method was conducted using completely randomized design (CRD) with 4 treatments and 5 replications. The first treatment (RA) is a feed containing 0.8% fish oil (control), the second treatment (RB) containing 2% MMI, the third (RC) containing 4% MMI, and the fourth (RD) containing 6% MMI. Variables measured: feed consumption, body weight gain, feed conversion, and carcass percentage. Results of analysis of variance showed that the use of fish oil microcapsules to level 6% in broiler feed gives different effects are not noticeable for feed consumption and carcass percentage. As for the body weight gain and feed conversion ratio, the treatment gave a significantly different effect. From this study it can be concluded that the use of MMI (microencapsulated fish oil) with a level of 2% was more effective in improving body weight gain and decrease the feed conversion ratio of broiler compared with controls (unprotected fish oil).

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Dietary phytate has a greater anti-nutrient effect on feed conversion ratio compared to body weight gain and greater doses of phytase are required to alleviate this effect as evidenced by prediction equations on growth performance, bone ash and phytate degradation in broilers

Poultry Science ◽

10.3382/ps/pez469 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 99 (1) ◽

pp. 246-255 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

C.L. Walk ◽

S.V. Rama Rao

Keyword(s):

Body Weight ◽

Weight Gain ◽

Growth Performance ◽

Body Weight Gain ◽

Conversion Ratio ◽

Feed Conversion Ratio ◽

Prediction Equations ◽

Feed Conversion ◽

Phytate Degradation ◽

Bone Ash

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Enzymatic programs for broilers

Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology ◽

10.1590/s1516-89132009000700030 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 52 (spe) ◽

pp. 233-240 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

José Otávio Berti Sorbara ◽

Alice Eiko Murakami ◽

Eliane Saiuri Nakage ◽

Francisco Piracés ◽

Alexandra Potença ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Body Weight ◽

Broiler Chicken ◽

Body Weight Gain ◽

Positive Control ◽

Negative Control ◽

Conversion Ratio ◽

Feed Conversion Ratio ◽

The Body ◽

Feed Conversion ◽

Total Phase

Two trials were conducted on floor pens to evaluate the performance of broilers fed with diets contained different carbohydrases enzyme programs at different ages. Trial 1- The body weight gain (BWG) was affected by the Negative Control (NC) treatment (P<0.05). However, when the birds were fed with the NC diet + Amilase (AMY)+Xilanase (XYL), the BWG improved and reached the same level as the Positive Control (PC). Trial 2- The birds received enzymes supplementation in the total phase and others only in the grower phase.The ME reduction by 120 kcal/kg increased the feed conversion ratio (FCR) (P<0.05) when compared to PC and none of the enzyme programs was able to recover the performance. It can be concluded that it is possible to supplement with AMY during the role period of broiler chicken life or use an enzymatic program with AMY or AMY+XYL only in the grower phase.

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Dietary substitution of soya bean meal with processed African yam bean meal as protein source in the diets of finisher broilers

Nigerian Journal of Animal Production ◽

10.51791/njap.v46i2.22 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 46 (2) ◽

pp. 118-127

Author(s):

D. N. Onunkwo ◽

B. C. Anyaegbu ◽

J. C. Ezike ◽

G. Daniel-Igwe

Keyword(s):

Body Weight ◽

Weight Gain ◽

Body Weight Gain ◽

Soya Bean ◽

Conversion Ratio ◽

Feed Conversion Ratio ◽

Feed Conversion ◽

African Yam Bean ◽

Bean Meal ◽

Soya Bean Meal

Considering the inherent attributes of processed African Yam bean meal (Sphenostylis stenocarpa), it's appropriate utilization for chicken diets may enhance performance of finisher broilers. The study was therefore carried out to determine the dietary substitution of soybean meal with processed African yam bean meal as protein source in the diets of finisher broilers. The Processed African yam bean meal was used to substitute soya bean meal at various levels to determine the best substitution that would give optimal performance in finisher broilers. The seeds of the African yam beans were soaked in water for 24 hours The soaked seeds were thereafter air dried for three days. The seeds were toasted for 35 minutes in a frying pan and milled using hammer mill. In the finisher feeding trial, the substitutions were 20%, 40%, 60% and 80% processed African yam bean meal respectively. Each finisher diet was fed to a group of 30 broilers for 4 weeks using completely randomized design. Each treatment group was divided into 3 replicates of 10 broilers chicks each. The finisher broilerswere kept in pens in deep litter and given feed and water ad libitum. The parameters measured included initial body weight, final body weight, feed intake, body weight gain, feed conversion ratio, cost of production and carcass characteristics. The proximate composition of processed African yam bean meal showed that it contained 8.29% moisture, 91.71% Drymatter, 3.40% ash, 21.12% crude protein, 5% ether extract, 5.73% crude fiber and 56.4% nitrogen free extract. In the finisher feeding trial, the broiler group on 40% processed AYBM significantly (P<0.05) recorded higher body weight gain than the rest of the treatments possibly because of the proper substitution of soya bean meal with processed AYBM in their diets and it appeared that the finisher broilers could tolerate high levels of processed AYBM in their diets. The group on diet 2 (20% AYBM) and control diet recorded similar body weight gain (P>0.05) which were significantly (P<0.05) superior to the groups on diets 4 (60% AYBM) and 5(80% AYBM). The internal organs expressed as percent of the live weight were not affected by the treatments. Cost of production (cost/kg feed x feed conversion ratio) was lowest for diet 2 (N450.64) as against N480 for the control diet. The finisher broiler on diet 3 (40% AYBM) recorded the highest dressing out percentage of 78.78. The results of the trial have shown that processed African yam bean meal can be used to substitute soya bean mealin the diet up to 40% for optimum performance of the finisher broilers without affecting the body weight gain, feed intake, feed conversion ratio and carcass characteristics as indicated in this study.

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