Abstract:
A trial was conducted in commercial day old broiler chicks to study the effect
of replacing corn with finger millet and sorghum and supplementation of soy oil
/ fish oil and Non-starch polysaccharide degrading enzymes to these diets. Basal
diet was formulated using corn, soy bean meal and pea nut extraction. In the test
diets, 50% of the corn was replaced with either finger millet or sorghum or equal
parts of the both and then supplemented with soy oil / fish oil and enzyme mixture.
Weekly body weight, feed intake, feed conversion ratio, livability were recorded.
Body weight slightly improved in the test diets than the control. Compared to
the soy oil, fish oil was better in improving body weight, feed efficiency and
livability. Though supplementation of enzymes did not significantly improve body
weight and feed efficiency, slight numerical improvement was noticed in fish oil
supplemented groups.
K. Venkata Reddy, V. Malathi, B.S. Venkatarami Reddy, K.S. Pratap Kumar, B. Umakantha and Jayanaik , 2008. Effect of Finger Millet and Sorghum Replacing Corn in Presence of Soy Oil / Fish Oil and Enzymes on Performance of Broilers. International Journal of Poultry Science, 7: 560-564.
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