Effect of herbal feed additives on cost of production of broilers during summer season of Konkan region

Abstract

The trial was conducted to evaluate effect of herbal feed additives on cost of production of broilers during summer season of Konkan region. A total of 162 day-old broiler chicks of Vencobb-400 strain were randomly divided into nine treatment groups with three replications of 18 chicks in each treatment using Factorial Randomized Block Design. In order to evaluate seasonal impact of research was conducted in summer (S1), rainy (S2) and winter season (S3). The control group (T0) fed on basal diet without any supplementation and other eight treatments groups were supplemented with 0.1 per cent FSP (T1), 0.2 per cent FSP (T2), 0.1 per cent GSP (T3), 0.2 per cent GSP (T4), 0.1 per cent FSP and 0.1 per cent GSP (T5), 0.1 per cent FSP and 0.2 per cent GSP (T6), 0.2 per cent FSP and 0.1 per cent GSP (T7) and 0.2 per cent FSP and 0.2 per cent GSP (T8), respectively. It was found that treatment T2 showed (Rs.30.38) more profit as compared to other treatment groups followed by T8 (Rs.29.88), T7 (`.28.64), T1 (Rs.26.94), T5 (Rs.26.67), T3 (Rs.25.05), T4 (Rs. 24.49), T6 (Rs.23.61) and T0 (Rs.14.75). Thus results indicated that addition of FSP at 0.2 per cent level in broiler diet showed more net profit as compared to different levels of FSP and GSP and control in summer season.