1Department of Livestock Production & Management, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, SDAU, Sardarkrushinagar-385506, Gujarat, India
Department of Animal Nutrition, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, SDAU, Sardarkrushinagar-385506, Gujarat, India
*Corresponding author: E-mail: mahespawar@gmail.com
Online published on 3 November, 2015.
One hundred eighty, day-old broiler chicks divided into three groups with three replicates of 20 chicks were used to evaluate the comparative efficacy of dietary addition of tulsi (Ocimum sanctum) leaf powder and vitamin E (α-tocopherol acetate). The birds were fed basal diet, basal diet + tulsi leaf powder @ 5 g/kg of feed and basal diet+ vitamin E (α-tocopherol acetate) @ 100 mg/kg of feed in treatments T1, T2 and T3, respectively. Dietary addition of tulsi leaf powder and vitamin E in the diet of broilers showed higher (P<0.05) weight gain and net profit per bird compared to the basal diet during early growth phase.
Tulsi, Vitamin E, Growth, Feed conversion ratio, Economics, Broiler
