COMPARATIVE STUDIES ON ANTIBIOTICVIS-┐-VIS

 SODIUM BUYTRATE ON GUT HEALTH AND

 OVERALL PERFORMANCE OF COMMERCIAL

 BROILER CHICKEN


PLACE OF EXPERIMENT:Department of Animal

Nutrition,W.B.U.A.F.S.KOLKATA-37

CONDUCTED BY : 1. Dr.Barun Roy,(Chiefadvisor)

         Reader ,Deptt of Animal Nutrition

         W.B.U.A.F.S ,Belgachia, Kolkata-37.

         2. Mingma Tshering Bhutia(M.V.ScScholar)

         3.Samik Kumar Paul (M.V.Sc Scholar)


No.of Birds:300

Breed:Ven cobb-100

Marketing: 42 days

Antibiotic Use : Virginiamycin at 500 gms/ Ton of Feed

SODIUM BUYTRATE 98 % : 400GM / Ton of Feed in Starter

200 GM /Tonof Feed in Finisher

Experimental Design:

CONTROLANTIBIOTICSOD.BUTYRATE

(without antibioticTREATED

& acidifiers)

CR1    CR2    T1R1    T1R2    T2R1    T2R2

50birds  50birds  50birds  50birds  50birds   50birds

RESULTS:

PARAMETERS Control Antibiotic Sod.Butyrate
Avg. BODY Wt. 1896.82 1987.54 2025.75
CUMULATIVE FCR 1.84 1.80 1.67
VILLILENGTH(DEODENUM) 0. 8857mm 1.1364mm 1.223mm

 

GUT MICROBIOLOGICAL COUNT (organism\gm of gut content)
Control Antibiotic Sod.Butyrate
Escherechiacoli 1800000 1100000 400000
Clostridiumspp 400000 900000 200000

 

 

 

 
 
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