Effect of Panchagavya supplementation on the performance of White Leghorn cockerels

Ninety six day old White Leghorn cockerels were randomly divided into eight treatment groups of 12 chicks each viz., T₁ to T₈ and reared for 16 weeks. Basal diet (T₁, T₂), basal diet with Panchagavya were fed at 0.5% (T₃, T₆), 0.6% (T₄, T₇) and 0.7% (T₅, T₈). Birds belonging to group T₂, T₆, T₇ and T₈ were vaccinated against Newcastle disease. There was significant difference between the control and Panchagavya treated groups with regards to the body weight. There were no significant differences in weekly weight gain, feed consumption and feed conversion ratio at 16 week of age, between control and treatment groups. However the body weight gain and feed conversion ratio of treated groups was better as compared to control (T₁ and T₂). The study revealed that inclusion of Panchagavya at 0.7 per cent in layer mash diet improved the production performance without any adverse effect on chicken.