Open AccessProduction performance and carcass characteristics of broiler treated with graded level of acetic acid
Author(s) -
Md Ruknuzzaman,
Maftuhatul Jannat,
Kazi Md Al Noman,
Md. Abdur Rahman,
Himangsu Sarker
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
research in agriculture, livestock and fisheries
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2409-9325
pISSN - 2409-0603
DOI - 10.3329/ralf.v8i3.57403
Subject(s) - acetic acid , broiler , zoology , abdominal fat , feed conversion ratio , weight gain , biology , body weight , food science , chemistry , biochemistry , endocrinology
To investigate the effect of graded level of acetic acid on the production performance and carcass characteristics of broiler, present study was conducted for a period of 35 days in a controlled shed. A total of 240 Cobb 500 day old broiler chicks were divided into four dietary treatment groups (T0, T1, T2 and T3), each group with three replications and each replication having 20 birds. Control group (T0) birds were fed with the basal diet without any acetic acid. Birds of T1, T2 and T3 group were treated with 0.1%, 0.2% and 0.3% acetic acid in drinking water, respectively along with basal diets. Recorded data were analysed in SPSS software by using ANOVA and significance level was considered as 5%. Results showed that, acetic acid has significantly (P 0.05) differences were observed between control group and acetic acid treated groups of birds in terms of feed intake, dressing percentage, liver weight, heart weight and abdominal fat. Net profit was higher in birds treated with acetic acid than the control group and the best performances were observed in the birds treated with 0.3% acetic acid.
Res. Agric., Livest. Fish.8(3): 311-319, December 2021