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The Effect of the Ground Water of Three Different
Locations on Some Morphometric Measurements of Broiler Chicken in Jeddah-Saudi
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N. El-Ghazaly,
E. Bin Dohaish and S. Alsolamy |
Abstract:
In this study, the ground water from three different
regions in Saudi Arabia; Hada El-Sham (G0), Om Al-Jood (G1)
and El-Wazeria (G2) were tested to evaluate their suitability
of using. For this purpose, the ground water were analysed and the physico-chemical
characteristics were determined. The measured parameters were; pH, Total
Dissolved Salts (TDS), Total Hardness (TH), Total Alkalinity (TA), cation
(Na, K, Ca, Mg) and anion (NO3, SO4) concentrations.
One hundred and currently from 21 day to six weeks broiler chicken were
reared on the ground water of these locations and their morphometric measurements
(body weight, feed and water consumption and feed assimilation) were recorded.
From this study, it was noted that the ground water of G0 and
G1 are very pure to be used in irrigation and drinking as they
contain TDS less than 1100 ppm, whereas water of G2 cannot
be used as the TDS value is 2650 ppm. However, the ground water of the
three regions is not suitable for any kind of industry. Reared chicken
in G0 were characterized by the highest growth rate despite
of their lower rates of feed and water consumption. In G1,
chicken had medium rates of growth and water consumption with higher rate
of feed consumption. While chicken from G2 recorded the lowest
growth rate and highest rate of water consumption due to the higher salt
content of this water.
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How to cite this article:
N. El-Ghazaly, E. Bin Dohaish and S. Alsolamy, 2008. The Effect of the Ground Water of Three Different
Locations on Some Morphometric Measurements of Broiler Chicken in Jeddah-Saudi
Arabia. Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences, 11: 559-564.
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2008.559.564
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=pjbs.2008.559.564
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