1Department of Livestock Production Management, College of Veterinary and Animal Science, Rajasthan University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India
2Department of Animal Genetics and Breeding, PGIVER, Jaipur, Rajasthan University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India
*Corresponding author: V Singh; Email: dr.vikrampoonam@gmail.com
Online published on 27 March, 2019.
One hundred thirty five (135) unsexed day-old, commercial broiler chicks were weighed individually and uniformly distributed as 45 chicks in three groups (T1, T2 and T3). Each group was divided into three replicates with 15 chicks in each. The chicks were fed with starter mash which contained crude protein 23% and metabolizable energy 2905 Kcal/kg up to three weeks of age and from 4 to 6 weeks of age the chicks were fed with finisher mash which contained crude protein 20% and metabolizable energy 3120 Kcal/kg. In group T1 herbal vitamin E was added @ 50 g/ton of feed and group, T2 herbal vitamin E was added @ 100 g/ton of feed and T3 synthetic Vitamin E @ 100g/ton was added. Growth and feed consumption of broilers in experimental group i.e. T1 (basal diet + herbal vitamin E @ 50 g/ton) but feed conversion ration of T3 (basal diet+ synthetic vitamin E @ 100g/ton) was better than that recorded on control diet.
Broiler, Feed conversion ratio, Herbal, Performance, Synthetic, Vitamin E
