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Effect of Different Protein Concentrates Replacement of Fish Meal on the Performance of Broiler

M.H. Ahmad
Remount Veterinary and Farms Crops, Remount Veterinary and Farm Depot, Savar Cantonment, Bangladesh Army, Bangladesh.

M.Y. Miah
Department of Dairy and Poultry Science, Sylhet Government Veterinary College, Sylhet, Bangladesh.

M.A. Ali
Department of Poultry Science, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, Bangladesh.

M.A. Hossain
Chitaqonq Government Veterinary College, Pahartoli, Chitagong, Bangladesh.

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

An experiment was conducted with 128, 7 days old Vencobb broiler chicks to study the effect of feeding different protein concentrates (Jasoprot, Provita, Fishpro) on the performance of broiler. The dietary treatment was fish meal based control diet where fish meal was replaced by different protein concentrates. The live weight of broilers fed different protein concentrates differed significantly (p< 0.01) at 4, 5 and 6th weeks of age. The live weight gain during 2-6 weeks in Jasoprot was higher than other treatments. Broilers fed Josoprot diet had better feed conversion ratio than other dietary treatments. At 6 weeks of age, the production number in Jasoprot diet was significantly (p< 0.01) higher than other dietary treatments. Similar trend was observed in performance index. Survivability was similar in different treatments during the experimental period. Net profit was higher (p< 0.01) in Jasoprot diet as compared to other treatments. It can be concluded that protein concentrates available in the market could replace fish meal from broiler diet with satisfactory performance. However, Jasoprot seems to be the best as protein concentrates studied in respect of broiler performance and financial return.

Keywords: Protein concentrates, Fish meal, Broiler

Location: Remount Veterinary and Farms Crops, Remount Veterinary and Farm Depot, Savar Cantonment, Bangladesh Army, Bangladesh.

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Program Area: Animal Health and Management

Commodity: Poultry

Objectives:

To investigate the effect of different protein concentrates as replacement of fish meal compare the performance of broiler.

Methodology:

The experiment was conducted with one hundred and twenty eight 7 days old Vencobb broiler chicks for a period of 42 days. The chicks were randomly distributed to four dietary treatments having four replications of 8 birds in each. The experimental room was divided into sixteen equal littered floor pens of 120 cm x 190 cm by using wire-net and wooden materials. There were 4 dietary treatments in the study in which one was fish meal based control diet and the other three were Jasoprot, Provita and Fish-pro based diets. The birds were fed a broiler starter diet from 7 days to 21 days of age and finisher diet from 22 to 42 days of age. The feed was supplied ad libitum as dry mash. Fresh, cool and clean drinking water was supplied all the times during the whole experimental period. The ingredients were selected on the basis of availability in the local market. Maize, rice polish Soya bean meal and fish meal based control diet was prepared. The other ingredients were prepared with Jasoprot, provita and fish-pro protein concentrates by replacing fish meal from control diet. The birds were immunized against Newcastle Disease, Infectious Bronchitis and Gumboro disease administering Nobilis MA5+clone 30 at 1^st day and Nobilis Gumboro 228E and 078 at 11^th and 21^st day old. Megavit-WS (1 g/5 litre at 8th to 9th day and 16^th ti 17^th day) and Tiamutin hydrogen fumerate (1g/12 litre at 11^th to 12^th day and 1 g/8 liter at 18/^th day) were added to the drinking water to prevent birds from heat stress and infection. During the experimental period, initial and weekly body weight, feed consumption, temperature and relative humidity, mortality etc were recorded. To evaluate different treatments weight gain, feed conversion ratio, survivability, production number, performance index, production cost etc parameters were considered. Data collected and calculated for different parameters were subjected to analysis of variance (ANOVA) using a MSTAT statistical computer package programme according to the principles of Completely Randomized Design (CRD). Least significant differences (LSD) were performed to compare the mean values having significant difference between treatments.

Source of Information: International Journal of Poultry Science 5 (10) 959-963, 2006, ISSN 1682-8356

Article Link (Online Journal): DOI: 10.3923/ijps.2006.959.963

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Achievement/Findings:

It may be concluded that protein concentrates available in the market could replace fishmeal in broiler diets. However, Jasoprot seems to be the best in respect of broiler performance and financial return.

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