EFFECT OF WATER QUALITY ON THE PERFORMANCE OF BROILERS

JAMLIANTHANG¹, RANJANA GOSWAMI², L. HMAR³, R. BURAGOHAIN⁴, K. KHATE⁵, P. SAIKIA⁶, HEMEN DAS⁷*
¹Department of Livestock Production and Management, College of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry, Central Agricultural University, Selesih, Aizawl, 796014
²Department of Livestock Production and Management, College of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry, Central Agricultural University, Selesih, Aizawl, 796014
³Department of Livestock Production and Management, College of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry, Central Agricultural University, Selesih, Aizawl, 796014
⁴Department of Animal Nutrition, College of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry, Central Agricultural University, Selesih, Aizawl, 796014, Mizoram, India
⁵Department of Livestock Products Technology, College of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry, Central Agricultural University, Selesih, 796014, Mizoram, India
⁶Department of Livestock Production and Management, College of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry, Central Agricultural University, Selesih, Aizawl, 796014
⁷Department of Biochemistry, College of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry, Central Agricultural University, Selesih, Aizawl, 796014, Mizoram, India
* Corresponding Author : hemenvet@rediffmail.com

Received : 21-06-2018     Accepted : 27-06-2018     Published : 30-06-2018
Volume : 10     Issue : 12       Pages : 6472 - 6473
Int J Agr Sci 10.12 (2018):6472-6473

Keywords : Water, Quality, Broilers
Academic Editor : Dr Suren kalita, Dr Amalendu Das, Dr KR Srivastava
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : We are thankful to College of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry, Central Agricultural University, Selesih, Aizawl, 796014, Mizoram, India.
Author Contribution : All author equally contributed

The present experiment was conducted by using 90 day-old broiler chicks for a period of six weeks to study the effect of water quality on the performance of broilers. The broilers were divided into two groups with 45 birds each, one group provided with filtered drinking water (T1) and the other group provided with raw drinking water (T0). The average daily feed consumption for T0 and T1 groups (150.14±4.09 and 142.20±2.41 gm/day) showed significant difference (p<0.01) at 5th week with higher feed consumption rate in T0 group. The average daily water consumption of T0 and T1 groups had no significant differences. The average weekly body weight of birds in T0 and T1 groups were observed to be significantly different (p<0.05) during 2nd (310.76±0.31 gm and 315.51±2.84 gm respectively) and 6th week (2011.89±28.00 gm and 2057.64±13.13 gm respectively) and (p<0.01) during 3rd, 4th and 5th week. The mortality (%) of experimental birds were found to be 4.44 and 2.22 in T0 and T1 groups respectively.Data generated may be helpful to improve the managemental aspects of broiler farming .

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