Effect of Varying Dietary Cation-Anion Balance on Broilers Growth
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The project was planed to study the effect of varying dietary cation-anoin balance on the growth performance of broilers. One hundred and twenty day-old (Hubbard) broiler chicks were purchased from a local hatchery and reared in a group for one week of age. At the start of second week, birds were randomly distributed in 12 pens (10 chicks per pen). Four isonitrogenous and isocaloric starter and finisher rations (A, B, C and D) were formulated. Ration A was without supplementations of any cation-anion dietary source but have 170 mEq/kg level of dietary cation-anion balance of the ration while other three rations (B, C and D) in starter and finisher phase have 220, 260 and 300 mEq/kg levels of dietary cation-anion balance of the ration, respectively. Performance of birds in terms of weekly weight gain, feed consumption, and feed conversion ratio (FCR) of each treatment was recorded. The results indicated that maximum weight gain (2192 g), maximum feed intake (4017 g) and better FCR were observed in the birds feeding ration having 260 mEq/kg cation-anion balance.
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