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Title
Effect of feeding root powder of Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal.
(Aswagandha) on growth, feed consumption, efficiency of feed
conversion and mortality rate in broiler chicks.
Authors
Mishra, S. J.; Singh, D. S.
Journal
Bioved 2000 Vol. 11 No. 1/2 pp. 79-83
ISSN
0971-0108
Record Number
20023145997
To study the effect of feeding root powder of Withania somnifera (L.)
Dunal. (Aswagandha) on growth rate, feed consumption, feed
conversion efficiency and mortality rate in broiler chicks. 200 days old
chicks from same hatch lot were selected randomly and divided in to
four groups (G , G , G and G ) with fifty birds in each group. Group
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G , G and G were fed broiler mash supplemented with 0.5%, 1%
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and 2% Withania somnifera root powder, respectively. While group G
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served as control. The differences between groups for weekly body
weight gain from day old chicks to first, second, third, fourth, fifth,
sixth, seventh and eight weeks of age were found statistically non
significant but at third week the differences between groups were
significant (P<0.01). The weight gain in group G was better than
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control group but at par with other G and G . The total feed
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consumption up to eight weeks of age were 2365.72, 2477.75,
2454.30 and 2626.20 g in group G , G , G and G , respectively,
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feed consumption in control group was slightly higher as compared to
treated group. Feed conversion efficiency in treatment group G and
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G were better as compared to group G and control. The cumulative
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feed conversion efficiency in treatment groups were also better than
control group. The mortality rate were 4, 4, 6 and 12 per cent in group
G , G , G and G , respectively. The highest mortality percentage
Publisher
Bioved Research
Society
were noticed in control group. As the age of chicken advances 0.5 per
cent Ashwagandha supplementation have shown definitely better
response as compared to control and other treated groups.
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Year of publication:
2000
Location of
publication:
Allahabad
Country of
publication
India
Language of
publication
English
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Subject Category
(CABICODE)
FF003 - Horticultural
Crops, (New March
2000)
LL120 - Meat
Producing Animals
Organism descriptor
fowls
Withania somnifera
Descriptor
broilers
feed conversion
efficiency
fowl feeding
growth rate
medicinal plants
poultry
Identifier
chickens
domesticated birds
drug plants
medicinal herbs
officinal plants
Broad term
Gallus gallus
Gallus
Phasianidae
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Galliformes
Abstract
birds
vertebrates
Chordata
animals
eukaryotes
Withania
Solanaceae
Solanales
dicotyledons
angiosperms
Spermatophyta
plants
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