To Assess the effect of Feeding Amla Powder on Feed Intake and Nutrient Utilization in Broiler Chicks

Author: Pradeep Nodal, Siddhartha Mishra, Lokesh Gupta, Goatm Chopra, and Jhabar Mal Tetarwal

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Abstract

An experiment was conducted at poultry farm, department of Animal Production, Rajasthan College of Agriculture, Udaipur. The study was conducted to investigate the effect of feeding amla (Emblica officinalis) powder on performance and carcass characteristics of broiler chicks. A total of 160-day-old vaccinated broiler chicks (coloured broiler) were randomly divided into four treatment groups with four replicates of 10 chicks each. The feed intake expressed as g/chick/day or g /bird/week was studied during the experiment. The overall feed intake was significantly higher (P<0.05) in T2 followed by T1, T3 and T4. The weekly feed intake increased with supplementation of Amla powder at different levels in the present study. Similar, observations were also recorded. The perusal of data revealed that the nutrient utilization was significantly higher in T3 (Amla powder @1.0%) and lowest in control group as compared to rest of treatments support our findings as they have recorded significantly higher dry matter metabolites when supplemented with amla powder @ 0.75 and 1% as compared to all other dietary treatments. have also reported that the supplementation of amla powder @ 0.75% (70.60) and 1% (70.75) amla powder resulted in significantly (P<0.05) higher dry matter metabolizable among all different dietary treatments. Nitrogen metabolizable ranged 64.84% to 70.08% and significantly higher in 0.75% and 1% amla fruit powder supplemented group as compared to control and antibiotic supplemented group It has found that broilers fed with 200mg/kg herbal Vitamin-C showed significant increase in body weight and FCR, dry matter digestibility and N2 retention

Keywords

Metabolizable, amla powder, chicks

Conclusion

Diet supplementation with 1% amla+0.05% multi-enzyme has also observed that the feed conversation ratio was improved with supplementation of amla powder. Support our findings as they have recorded significantly higher dry matter metabolite when supplemented with amla powder @ 0.75 and 1% as compared to all other dietary treatments. That broilers fed with 200mg/kg herbal Vitamin-C showed significant increase in body weight and FCR, dry matter digestibility and N2 retention

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How to cite this article

Pradeep Nodal, Siddhartha Mishra, Lokesh Gupta, Goatm Chopra, Subhash Yadav and Jhabar Mal Tetarwal (2024). To Assess the effect of Feeding Amla Powder on Feed Intake and Nutrient Utilization in Broiler Chicks. Biological Forum – An International Journal, 16(7): 324-329.