Vol. 10, Issue 11 (2021)

Author(s):
Satuti Sharma, Shilpa Sood, Anish Yadav, Pawan Verma, Nawab Nashiruddullah, Shafiqur Rahman and Vikas Yadav

Abstract:
The present study was conducted to observe the effect of ionophore toxicity on average body weight, body weight gain, feed consumption and feed conversion ratio (FCR) in broiler birds. For this study, 96 day old broiler chicks were randomly divided into 6 groups with 16 birds in each groups. Group 1 served as control, Group II was given Vitamin. Group III was provided maduramicin@8ppm in feed and Group IV was given maduramicin along with vitamin C. Group V was addedsalinomycin@120ppm in feed and group VI was given salinomycin alongside vitamin C. Average body weight, weight gain, feed consumption and FCR were recorded for all groups. There was significant decrease in average body weight, body weight gain, feed consumption but FCR was significantly higher in group III and V. Vitamin C supplementation significantly increased the average body weight, body weight gain, feed consumption while it decreased the FCR in group IV and VI as compared to group III and V respectively. Our results show that maduramicin and salinomycin toxicity negatively impact growth rate of birds and thus cause significant losses to poultry birds. Since ionophores are not judiciously used under Indian field conditions, their overuse can cause significant economic losses to poultry farmers. Also, vitamin C can confer significant protection against salinomycin and maduramicin toxicity.