National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
The present study was conducted to evaluate the effect of dietary inclusion of dried Azolla on weight gain, feed intake and feed efficiency of broiler chicken. The study was conducted for a period of six weeks with 240 day-old commercial broiler chicks (Vencobb). The chicks were randomly allotted to four dietary groups T1, T2, T3 and T4. Each group comprised of two replicates of thirty birds each. Sun dried and ground Azolla at 0, 2.5, 5.0 and 7.5% levels were incorporated in the rations for T1, T2, T3 and T4, respectively. Weekly average body weight of chicks did not showed significant influence between the treatment groups at the end of second and fifth week of age except at the end of first, third, fourth and sixth week of age (P<0.05) among treatment groups. The mean weekly body weight gain was significantly (P<0.05) affected only at third and fourth week of age due to the dietary inclusion of dried Azolla at different levels. Average weekly feed intake had not significant influence among treatments except in the second and fifth week of age by the dietary inclusion of dried Azolla. Average weekly feed efficiency had significant (P<0.05) effects only during the second and fourth week of age and in the remaining weeks, the values were statistically comparable among treatments. It was concluded that inclusion of dried Azolla in broiler feed up to 7.5% level without any adverse effect on the performance of broiler chicken.
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