Feeding effect of different level of fenugreek powder and vitamin E on carcass quality of broilers

Abstract

Present investigation was appraised to study the effect of feeding fenugreek seed powder and vitamin E on feed consumption, live body weight, body weight gain, feed conversion efficiency, dressing percent, giblet weight and intestinal viscera analyzing experimental data collected from 120 birds of Cobb-400 strain carried out at Poultry Research and Training Centre, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture & Technology, Modipuram, Meerut. Birds utilized were selected randomly and divided into four equal groups, each were fed varying diets. For treatments T1, T2, T3 and T4 dressing percent was computed as 68.02±0.78, 68.56±57, 68.19±0.51 and 68.78±0.55 while giblets (heart, liver and gizzard) has weighed with quantum of 3.33±0.11, 3.55±0.03, 3.45±0.12 and 4.34±0.13 percent, respectively. Similarly, intestinal viscera (%) for all groups were found to be 3.21±0.08, 3.55±0.18, 3.82±0.03 and 4.10±0.05, respectively. Carcass traits considered for the present study were found to have significant difference among them. According to present trial, combined inclusion of fenugreek seed powder and vitamin E as 2.0g and 50mg per kg of feed has adjudged to be better proposition to improve the overall performance.