Effect of feeding distillers dried grain with soluble DDGS with or without multi enzymes on the growth performance of indigenous chicken

Abstract

The present study was undertaken to investigate the effect of dietary incorporation newlineof distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) with or without multi-enzyme newlinesupplementation on the growth performance of indigenous chicken. A total of one hundred newlineand eighty (180) day-old indigenous chicks were procured from a few villages of Dhemaji newlinedistrict. The chicks were reared together for a period of 21 days, up to the point when the newlinesex of the chicks could be identified, by feeding standard chick feed. On 22nd day, after newlineknowing the numbers of male and female chicks, they were weighed and randomly divided newlineinto six groups viz. T1, T2, T3, T4, T5 and T6 containing 30 chicks with 3 replicates of 10 newlinechicks in each group. The chicks were wing banded and reared under deep litter system of newlinemanagement throughout the experimental period following standard and uniform newlinemanagemental practices. The birds of T1 group (control) were offered the standard chick, newlinegrower and layer feeds as per BIS, 2007. The birds of T2 group were fed with the same newlinestandard chick, grower and layer feeds as per BIS, 2007 with supplementation of multienzyme newline(Xzyme). Maize DDGS was incorporated at 10% level in all the rations for T3 and newlineT4 groups and the rations for T4 group was supplemented with multi-enzymes. In the same newlineway, the birds of T5 and T6 groups were fed with rations containing 20% DDGS without newlineand with enzymes, respectively. The maize DDGS used in the rations was procured from newlineBrahmaputra Biochem Pvt. Ltd., Jambari, Guwahati. newlineThe feeding trial was conducted for a period of 182 days (13 fortnights) using chick newlinefeeds for first 3 fortnights (0-42 days), grower feeds for next 7 fortnights (43-140 days) and newlinelayer feeds for last 3 fortnights (141-182 days). A metabolic trial was conducted for a period newlineof 8 days after the completion of feeding trial. During the experiment, average fortnightly newlineand total feed consumption, fortnightly and total body weight and body weight gain, feed newlineconversion ratio (FCR), various blood bio-chemicals constituents, balance of