Abstract:
The experiment was carried out at MS Poultry Farm Baffa, district Mansehra, North West Frontier Province (NWFP) during 2005-2006. The main objective of the study was to evaluate the effects of different levels of locally available probiotic (mixture of live cultured beneficial microbes having trade name as Organic Green Culture; OGC) was added in the starter rations of broiler chicks. The effectiveness of the product was quantified in terms of gain in body weight (GBW), dry matter intake(DMI) and feed efficiency (FE). Four hundred and sixteen day-old chicks were randomly distributed into 4 groups, A, B, C and D, where each group was further divided into 4 sub-groups containing 26 birds each. Four experimental diets viz, I, II, III and IV where OGC probiotic was added @ 0, 1, 2 and 4 grams per Kg of feed, respectively were randomly allotted to these 16 sub-groups in such a way that each ration was replicated 4 times. Each ration was given ad libitum twice daily. The experiment lasted for 21 days. The data were statistically analyzed using completely randomized design. The mean values for GBW were 515.8, 523.5, 573.8 and 573.3 grams, the mean values for FI were 645.0, 633.0, 599.0 and 600.0 grams, while the mean values for FE were 1.35, 1.21, 1.04 and 1.04 for the chicks fed rations I, II, III and IV, respectively. Probiotic treatment highly (P
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469-474
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Journal: Sarhad Journal of Agriculture, Volume: 25, Issue: 3, Year: 2009