Abstract:
A feeding trial was conducted on 150 day-old Lohman meat broiler chicks for a
period of 28 days in the poultry farm of Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University,
Dhaka. The aim of the study was to assess the efficacy of copper sulphate and zinc
supplementation. The production indexes viz. feed intake, body weight, body weight
gain, FCR, dressed weight, dressing percentage, internal organs weight, hematological
parameters and survivability of broiler on three replication of five treatments group
containing 10 birds each group was recorded and compared.The chicks were assigned
to 5 treatments groups of T
1
(control), T
2
(antibiotic), T
3
(CuSo
+ Zn (8mg +30mg))
and T
4
(CuSo
4
+ Zn (12mg +40mg)) and T
5
(CuSo
4
4
+ Zn (16mg +50mg))
randomly.The results showed that there was significant difference (P<0.05) on the
feed intake, final live weight, glucose, cholesterol, internal organs and hematological
parameters among different treatment groups. The higher body weight found in CuSo
+ Zn (8mg +30mg)T
treated group compared to other groups and values were
followed in an ascending order in T
3
4
,T
5
T
2
, and T
group. The dressing percentage,
body weight gain, feed conversion ratio, showed no significant (P>0.05) difference
among all treatment groups. The better FCR (1.33±0.05) found inT
1
group. The
dressing percentage in T
(76.00±0.11) group was higher than other group. The result
indicated that effects of supplementation of copper sulphate and zinc in blood
constituents had significant effect except monocyte, eosinophil, basophil, and MCHC
concentration which were non-significant (P>0.05). The control group (T
5
) showed
higher values of White blood cell (WBC) than other treated group. Higher feed intake
found in T
(2499.62±8.83g) group compared to other groups. However, superior
final live weight (1856.67±78.38g) obtained in T
5
3
3
2
group where birds fed with CuSo
+ Zn (8mg +30mg) compared to those other treatment and control group. Birds fed
with CuSo
4
+ Zn (8mg +30mg)T
3
supplemented diet achieved superior result.
Description:
A Thesis
Submitted to the Department of Poultry Science
Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka
In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the degree of
MASTER OF SCIENCE (MS)
IN
POULTRY SCIENCE
