EFFECET OF DIETARY INCLUSION OF MULBERRY (Morus alba) LEAF MEAL SUPPLEMENTED WITH MULTIENZYME ON GROWTH PERFORMANCE OF BROILER CHICKEN

C.P. SHELKE¹, S.A. AMRUTKAR²*, N.Z. GAIKWAD³, A.A. DEVANGARE⁴, R.C. KULKARNI⁵, S.M. DURGE⁶, P.V. JADHAV⁷, A. RANJAN^8
1College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Udgir, 413517, Maharashtra Animal and Fishery Sciences University, Nagpur, 440006 Maharashtra, India
²College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Udgir, 413517, Maharashtra Animal and Fishery Sciences University, Nagpur, 440006 Maharashtra, India
³College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Udgir, 413517, Maharashtra Animal and Fishery Sciences University, Nagpur, 440006 Maharashtra, India
⁴College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Udgir, 413517, Maharashtra Animal and Fishery Sciences University, Nagpur, 440006 Maharashtra, India
⁵College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Udgir, 413517, Maharashtra Animal and Fishery Sciences University, Nagpur, 440006 Maharashtra, India
⁶College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Udgir, 413517, Maharashtra Animal and Fishery Sciences University, Nagpur, 440006 Maharashtra, India
⁷College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Udgir, 413517, Maharashtra Animal and Fishery Sciences University, Nagpur, 440006 Maharashtra, India
⁸College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Udgir, 413517, Maharashtra Animal and Fishery Sciences University, Nagpur, 440006 Maharashtra, India
* Corresponding Author : drsuhasamrutkar@gmail.com

Received : 10-09-2018     Accepted : 26-09-2018     Published : 30-09-2018
Volume : 10     Issue : 18       Pages : 7126 - 7129
Int J Agr Sci 10.18 (2018):7126-7129

Keywords : Broiler, Mulberry leaf meal, Multienzyme, Growth performance
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Author thankful to College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Udgir, 413517, Maharashtra Animal and Fishery Sciences University, Nagpur, 440006 Maharashtra, India
Author Contribution : All author equally contributed

The present study was conducted to evaluate the effect of dietary inclusion of mulberry (Morus alba) leaf meal with or without multienzyme on growth performance. The 288 broiler chicks were equally assigned to six groups, having four replications with 12 birds per replication. Broilers were reared in deep litter system with similar managemental practices for all the groups except feeding treatment. The dietary treatments containing T0 (negative control), T1 (5% MLM), T2 (10% MLM), T3 (positive control), T4 (5% MLM with multienzyme) and T5 (10% MLM with multienzyme). It was observed that broilers fed diet with inclusion of 5% and 10% level of mulberry leaf meal with and without multienzyme (T1,T2, T4 and T5) had showed significantly(p<0.05) higher body weight compared to control (T0). Body weight gain was significantly (p<0.05) higher during 2nd and 3rd week in broilers fed diets with 5% and 10% MLM with and without multienzyme (T1, T2, T4 and T5) compared to T0 and T3.Cumulative feed intake among different treatments during 1st, 3rd, 4th and 6th week did not differ significantly. However, during 2nd week and 5th week, cumulative feed intake differed significantly among the treatments groups. During 6th week, T3 (positive control) showed significantly (P<0.05) better FCR than T0 (negative control). T1 (5% MLM) and T2 (10% MLM) had significantly (P<0.05) better FCR than T0 among the groups which were not supplemented with multienzyme. T5 (10% MLM with multienzyme) had significantly (P<0.05) better FCR than T3 and T4 among multienzyme supplemented groups. T5 (10% MLM with multienzyme) showed significantly (P<0.05) better FCR than T2 (5% MLM), however no significant difference was observed in T1 and T4. Overall, improved feed conversion ratio was observed in broilers fed diets with inclusion of 5% or 10% MLM supplemented with and without multienzyme compared to broilers fed negative control diets. In conclusion, mulberry leaf meal up to 10% inclusion level can be added successfully in the diet of broilers without any adverse effect on the performance of broilers.

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