STUDIES ON SUPPLEMENTATION OF FEED ADDITIVES ONPROXIMATE COMPOSITION OF BABCOCK COCKERELS MEAT

DEEPAK THAKUR¹*, V.N. KHUNE², A.K. NANDANWAR³, Y.P. CHANDRA⁴, KUNAL CHANDRAKAR^5
1ICAR-Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Raigarh, Indira Gandhi Agriculture University, Raipur, 492001, Chhattisgarh, India
²Department of Livestock Production and Management, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Anjora, Durg, 491001, Chhattisgarh Kamdhenu University, Chhattisgarh, India
³ICAR-Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Dhamtari, Indira Gandhi Agriculture University, Raipur, 492001, Chhattisgarh, India
⁴Livestock Development Department, Raigarh, 496001, Government of Chhattisgarh, Chhattisgarh, India
⁵ICAR-Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Mahasamund, Indira Gandhi Agriculture University, Raipur, 492001, Chhattisgarh, India
* Corresponding Author : deepakthakur5444@gmail.com

Received : 25-07-2018     Accepted : 11-08-2018     Published : 15-08-2018
Volume : 10     Issue : 15       Pages : 6777 - 6778
Int J Agr Sci 10.15 (2018):6777-6778

Keywords : Supplementation, Cockerel, Ambiplex, Metazyme, Protexin, Meat
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : We are thankful to College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Anjora, Durg, 491001, Chhattisgarh Kamdhenu University, Chhattisgarh, India
Author Contribution : All author equally contributed

The present study was conducted on Babcock strain in the experimental poultry unit of College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Anjora, Durg (Chhattisgarh) to study the effect of supplementation of three commercially feed additives viz., Ambiplex, Protexin and Metazyme on proximate composition of meat. The Day old cockerel chicks were divided to four different groups including control group for 10 weeks. Each group had three replicates of 15 birds each. Supplementation of Ambiplex, Protexin and Metazyme had non- significant effect on mean values of moisture (69.10 to 70.78), crude protein (70.73 to 79.53), ether extract (2.71 to 5.35) and total ash (4.74 to 5.26) percentages of the breast meat of cockerel were non-significant. While, the mean values for moisture (71.52 to 73.01), crude protein (69.05 to 77.93), ether extract (10.70 to 13.24) and total ash (4.06 to 6.12) percentages of the leg meat of cockerel were also found to be non-significant among the treatment groups. However, T4 (Metazyme) group have shown comparatively higher mean moisture, crude protein, ether extract and total ash percentages in breast and leg meat.

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