Vol. 12, Special Issue 11 (2023)

Author(s):
SB Ajbe, BG Desai, RR Kore, NN Prasade and RV Dhopavkar

Abstract:
An experimental trial was conducted to evaluate the effect of Jackfruit seed meal on growth performance of Giriraja chicken. 120 day old chicks were randomly distributed into four experimental diets in a Randomized block design. Each treatment group was replicated into five with 6 birds per replicate. In treatment T₁ no Jackfruit seed meal was supplemented while in treatment T₂ 2.5% Jackfruit seed meal, in treatment T₃ 5% Jackfruit seed meal and in treatment T₄ 7.5% Jackfruit seed meal was supplemented. The duration of experimental trial was 90 days. There was significant (p<0.05) increase in body weight in treatment T₂ which was supplemented with 2.5% Jackfruit seed meal than T₃, T₄ and T₁, after 90 days of Jackfruit seed meal feeding. From present study it can be concluded that feeding of Jackfruit seed meal @ 2.5% improved body weight of Giriraja chicken.