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Comparative Efficacy Of Herbal-Methionine And Dl-Methionine On Performance Of Commercial Broilers

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N.J. Bhagora — Department of Poultry Science (Poultry Complex), College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry Anand Agricultural University, Anand – 388 110, Gujarat
F.P. Savaliya — Department of Poultry Science (Poultry Complex), College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry Anand Agricultural University, Anand – 388 110, Gujarat
P.R. Pandya — Department of Poultry Science (Poultry Complex), College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry Anand Agricultural University, Anand – 388 110, Gujarat
R.S. Joshi — Department of Poultry Science (Poultry Complex), College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry Anand Agricultural University, Anand – 388 110, Gujarat
A.B. Patel — Department of Poultry Science (Poultry Complex), College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry Anand Agricultural University, Anand – 388 110, Gujarat
N.D. Hirani — Department of Poultry Science (Poultry Complex), College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry Anand Agricultural University, Anand – 388 110, Gujarat
F.S. Qadri — Department of Poultry Science (Poultry Complex), College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry Anand Agricultural University, Anand – 388 110, Gujarat
Published 10 Sep 2013 Vol. 9 No. 2 (2013), pp. 1-5 ● Open access
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Abstract

The experiment was conducted on 160 commercial broiler birds from day-old age to 6 weeks of age to study the comparative efficacy of ration containing different concentration of herbal methionine and DL-methionine on their performance in terms of weekly body weight gain, feed consumption, feed conversion ratio, livability and economics. A significant improvement in overall growth and performance was observed in birds supplemented with 50% herbal methionine and 50% DL-methionine as compared to 100% DL-methionine, 100% herbal methionine and 125% herbal methionine. The study also demonstrated that feeding with combination of 50% DL-methionine and 50% herbal methionine is more economical as compared to feeding of 100% DL-methionine, 100% herbal methionine and 125% herbal methionine in commercial broilers. 

KeywordsDL-methionineHerbal methionineBroilersPerformance

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