Vol. 7, Issue 6 (2018)

Author(s):
Rahul Sharma, RPS Baghel, Shivangi Sharma, Ramesh Kumar Mishra, Sunil Nayak and Vandana Yadav

Abstract:
The present study was planned to analyse the comparative effect of graded replacement of maize by paddy with and without mixture of fibrolytic enzymes on nutrient utilization in broilers. The study was conducted for a period of five weeks. In the experiment out of 300 chicks, 270, day old chicks were randomly distributed into 15 dietary treatments each with 3 replicates of 6 chicks each. Out of fifteen dietary treatments, treatment one (T₁) and two (T₂) acted as control. The control diets were formulated to contain 2800 Kcal ME/kg and 22% CP. Remaining 13 treatments, were formulated by supplementing graded levels of paddy replacing maize with and without enzymes. Perusal of the treatment means of the various nutrients indicated that supplementation of enzymes was responsible for increase in the retention of most of the nutrients. It was totally true with the retention of crude protein, crude fibre and NFE. There was some difference on the retention of EE, Ca and P.