Proximate composition of different ornamental bird feeds available in Bangladesh

Abstract

Ornamental birds are being very popular day by day. People are becoming more interested in ornamental bird production. In case of production feed & nutritional management is an important issue. It is very important to maintain the feed quality as quality is the main determinant factor for assessing feed staff. The quality of feed mainly depends on the proper nutrient contents of the feed. The study was undertaken to investigate the variations in the chemical compositions of different feed available in different markets of Chittagong, Bangladesh. In this regard, ten different feed samples of ornamental birds such as Sunflower seed, Kusum seed, Foxtail millet seed, Kanary seed, Rice seed, Linseed, Guji sesame seed, Chia seed, Varagu millet seed and Hempseed were analysed for dry matter (DM), crude protein (CP), crude fibre (CF), ether extract (EE) and total ash (TA) in the Animal Nutrition Laboratory of Chittagong Veterinary And Animal Sciences University, Chittagong, Bangladesh during 10th April 2018 to 18th September 2018 were collected, compiled and analysed. Results indicated that there were wide ranges of variations in chemical compositions for different parameters for different feeds. DM varied from 86.3 to 94.6 g/100g and CP varied from 8.1 to 24.9 g/100g. Similarly CF varied from 1.8 to 35.0 g/100g and EE varied from 2.8 to 34.2 g/100g. TA varied from 2.6 to 6.8 g/100g. It was concluded that chemical composition of different ornamental bird feed were widely variable. The results obtained from this study will be helpful for the people for proper feed management of ornamental birds which leads to the improvement of bird rearing.