Estimation of the chemical composition of different commercial poultry feeds available in Bangladesh

Abstract

As poultry products act as a healthy food protein source, poultry farming is becoming more significant now a days throughout the world. Along with it serves in the economic growth. Broiler farming is at apex state in last few decades along with Sonali and Pigeon farming are exoteric in poultry sector in south-east Asian countries for their excellent contribution in the fulfillment of protein demand latterly. Production of quality poultry is extremely relies upon the quality of feed and its nutritional value that’s why feed & nutritional management is an important issue in terms of poultry farming. The attribute of feed predominantly rely on the accurate nutrient extent of the feed. To oversee the variations in the chemical compositions of different obtainable commercial poultry feed was endeavored by this study from different markets of Chattogram, Bangladesh. For this purpose, nine different feed samples of obtainable commercial poultry feed such as were Nahar Broiler feed, ACI Broiler feed, Fresh Broiler feed, Teer Broiler feed, Broiler house feed sulov-1,Broiler house feed sulov-2, Nahar Sonali starter, Nahar Sonali grower and Pigeon mixed feed were analyzed for dry matter (DM), Total moisture (TM), crude protein (CP), crude fibre (CF), ether extract (EE) and total ash (TA) in the Animal Nutrition Laboratory, Department of Animal Science and Nutrition, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Chattogram Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (CVASU), Khulshi, Chattogram -4225, Bangladesh for the duration of February, 2021 to September, 2021. Results of proximate analysis indicated that there were wide ranges of variations in chemical compositions for different parameters for different feeds. For broiler, DM, CP, EE, CF and TA average values were 89%, 14.76%, 4.8%, 3.33%, 15.93% respectively. For Sonali, DM, CP, EE,CF and TA average values were 89.1%, 14.61%, 4.35%, 2.5% and 6.4% respectively and for Pigeon, DM, CP, EE,CF and TA average values were 63%, 8%, 3%, 10% and 7% respectively. This study was terminated that chemical composition of different obtainable commercial poultry feed were thoroughly fickle. The outcomes gained from this analysis will be convenient for proper feed management of poultry farming which conducts to the flourish poultry sector.