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 |
|