Effect of Probiotic on Growth Performance of Kuroiler FFG Strain Chicks

One hundred and sixty day old straight run Kuroiler chicks (FFG strain) were randomly distributed into four dietary treatment groups T₁ (Control, basal diet), T₂ (Probiotic at 0.02%), T₃ (Probiotic at 0.025%) and T₄ (Probiotic at 0.03%) and each treatment group was again divided into 2 replica containing 20 birds each. The probiotic supplement contained Yeast culture (Saccharomyces cerevisae, 1.5×10¹¹ CFU) and Lactobacillus sparogenes (5 × 10¹⁰ CFU). The basal diet was formulated for starter (0–3 weeks, 23.12% CP, 2820 ME Kcal/Kg) and finisher phase (4–5 weeks, 20.45% CP, 2912 ME Kcal/kg) separately following BIS (1992) requirement. Weight gain and feed conversion ratio were significantly (p<0.05) improved in chicks fed on probiotic supplemented diet compared to control diet. Differences among groups for feed intake, meat composition, dressing percentage were non significant. It was concluded that probiotic supplementation was beneficial for growth performance of Kuroiler FFG chicks.