Vol. 12, Special Issue 10 (2023)

Author(s):
B Zaffer, IU Sheikh, MT Banday, AA Khan, SA Shah, S Qureshi and S Muzamil

Abstract:
An investigation was conducted to study effects of Rumex acetosa supplementation at different levels as feed additives on the carcass traits of broiler chicken. Two-hundred healthy day-old broiler chicks were bought from a reputable provider. For a week, the chicks were kept in battery cages for brooding. The chicks were divided into five treatment groups at random on the eighth day. viz. T1: (Control), T2: Antibiotic feed additive, T3: 0.5% Rumex acetosa, T4: 1% Rumex acetosa and T5: 1.5% Rumex acetosa having four replicas of 10 chicks each, totaling 40 chicks each group. The birds were raised for five weeks and reared in cages under uniform managemental conditions. The dressed yield (%) recorded was ranged from 73.68±1.37 in T4 to 76.62±0.94 in T1 groups. According to statistics, there was no discernible difference between the various treatment groups for slaughter traits viz. blood loss, feather loss and dressing yield. There were no discernible variations in carcass traits among different treatment groups. Thus supplementation of broiler diets with Rumex acetosa leaf powder had no adverse effect.