2. Material and Method
Four hundred day-old chicks (Ross-308) were randomized into
five treatments.
Each diet (treatment) was replicated four times, with each
replicate comprising one pen of 20 birds.
3. Treatment
A two phase feeding regime consisting of
1. Starter (1 to 21 day)
2. Grower (22 to 42 day)
Experimental treatments included:
1. DSOP-0 – control diet without feed additive
2. DSOP-1.5 S – diet containing 1.5 % feed additive only during the
starter phase
3. DSOP-1.5 W – diet containing 1.5 % feed additive during the whole
period (starter + grower)
4. DSOP-3 S – diet containing 3 % feed additive only during the starter
phase
5. DSOP-3 W – diet containing 3 % feed additive during the whole
period (starter + grower).
4. Evaluation
1. Body weight
2. Feed intake
3. Average daily body weight gain
4. Average total feed intake
5. Feed conversion ratio
5. Feed Intake Gm/Bird
DSOP-0 DSOP-1.5 S DSOP-1.5 W DSOP-3 S DSOP-3 W
1-21 days 1,065 1,074 1,047 970 1,048
22-42 days 3,523 3,730 3,564 3,536 3,529
1-42 days 4,589 4,804 4,612 4,506 4,578
6. Average Daily Gain Gm/Bird/Day
DSOP-0 DSOP-1.5 S DSOP-1.5 W DSOP-3 S DSOP-3 W
1-21 days 37.45 34.35 33.87 32.77 30.66
22-42 days 79.25 81.95 80.26 84.64 74.35
1-42 days 58.35 58.15 57.06 58.71 52.51
7. FCR
DSOP-0 DSOP-1.5 S DSOP-1.5 W DSOP-3 S DSOP-3 W
1-21 days 1.26 1.37 1.33 1.28 1.53
22-42 days 2.21 2.32 2.17 2.05 2.43
1-42 days 1.74 1.85 1.75 1.67 2.98