Vol. 11, Special Issue 9 (2022)

Author(s):
Gaurav Panday, PS Pramanik, Jaswant Singh, Ajeet Verma, Sushmita Tiwari, Amit Tiwari, Subham Tiwari and Durgesh Nandan

Abstract:
Drinking water consumption is a good measure of feed intake and broiler performance. To measure this, 250 day old VENCOB chicks were equally divided into five groups (T₀-T₄). Five replicates of 10 chicks each were arranged in a completely randomized design. The five treatment groups were supplemented with as follows: T₀ -Control (Basal diet), T_1, -0.2% Neem leaf powder + 0.2% Amla fruit powder + Basal diet T_2, -0.2% Neem leaf powder + 0.5% Black cumin powder + Basal diet T_3,-0.2% Amla fruit powder + 0.5% Black cumin powder + Basal diet T₄-0.2% Neem leaf powder + 0.2% Amla fruit powder + 0.5% Black cumin powder + Basal diet. There was significant difference in drinking ability of birds among the treatment groups in all the weeks on the trial. The highest drinking ability was observed in T₃ followed by T₁, T₂, T₀ and T₄ groups in the whole experiment period. The highest average daily feed intake was observed in T₃ group of birds. From the present study it may be concluded that amla fruit powder (0.2%) and black cumin powder (0.5%) supplemented diets might enhance the drinking and feeding ability of broiler chickens significantly.