EFFECT OF PREPARED FAT DIGESTER ON GROWTH PERFORMANCE OF BROILER

Abstract

An experiment was conducted with 63 day old cobb-500 commercial broiler chicks and continued up to 32 days of age to determine the feasibility of prepared fat digester as an emulsifying agent in broiler ration. The Chicks were randomly allotted to three dietary treatments (T1,T2, T3) and each group was divided into 3 replicates (R1,R2,R3) with 7 birds in each; T1 (control diet without fat digester), T2 (diet with 0.2% prepared fat digester), T3 (diet with 0.2% imported emulsifier). Data getting after the feeding trail are shown in table. The body weight were (P< 0.05) significantly improved in T2 group at 0.2% level of prepared fat digester in broiler ration. There was no significant (P>0.05) difference in feed intake among the three dietary group but mathematically the highest feed consuming group was T1 (2465.66  17.85 gm) at 32 days of age and lowest was T2 (2448.00 9.45 gm). Feed conversion ratio (FCR) was significantly (P< 0.01) improved in diet with 0.2% prepared fat digester in broiler ration. Total cost Tk/kg broiler production was significantly (P<0.01) better in the T2 group. There was also total profit Tk/kg broiler significantly (P<0.01) higher in T2 group. During the study period there was no death of birds occur. It can be concluded that use of prepared fat digester at 0.2% level in the broiler ration found to improve performance and profit. It may be used in broiler diet with safe level. Prepared fat digester had no deleterious effect on the palatability of broiler diets