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The Effect of Different Sources of Insoluble Fiber on Performance and Carcass Characteristics in Broiler Chicken

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Title The Effect of Different Sources of Insoluble Fiber on Performance and Carcass Characteristics in Broiler Chicken
 
Creator S. Kodepaka
S. Thota
D. Nagalakshmi
D. Rambabu
V.K. Anumolu
K. Talsani
R. Supriya
 
Subject : Broiler, Carcass Characteristics, Growth Performance, Insoluble Fiber, Livability
 
Description This experiment was designed to investigate the effects of using different insoluble fiber sources on broiler chicken's performance and carcass characteristics. Two hundred, (200) day-old commercial male broiler chicks were randomly allotted to 4 dietary treatments with 10 replicates containing 5 birds in each replicate. The treatments consisted of a control diet and three test diets containing 2.5% insoluble fiber sources either rice hulls (RH), soya hulls (SH), or lignocellulose (Arbocel-AC). The main effect of the fiber source was significant for the body weight gain (P<0.05) with the lignocellulose and soya hulls group. Dietary treatments did not influenced overall feed consumption. Supplementation of insoluble fiber significantly (P<0.05) improved the feed conversion ratio (FCR) when compared to the control. The weight of liver, heart, dressing percentage and abdominal fat percent were not influenced (P>0.05) by the dietary treatments. The relative weight of the gizzard was significantly (P<0.05) higher in birds supplemented with rice hulls when compared to the other dietary treatment groups. In summary, adding soya hulls and lignocellulose at a 2.5% level improved the growth performance of broiler chicken.
 
Publisher Animal Nutrition Society of India
 
Date 2024-09-25
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/IJAN/article/view/147188
 
Source Indian Journal of Animal Nutrition; Vol. 41 No. 2 (2024)
2231-6744
0970-3209
 
Language eng
 
Relation https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/IJAN/article/view/147188/55944
 
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