Effects of liquid toxin binder supplementation via the drinking water on the production performance of broiler chicken

Date

6-2015

Degree

Doctor of Veterinary Medicine

College

College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM)

Adviser/Committee Chair

Joseph P. Olarve

Abstract

A four week feeding trial was conducted to determine the effect of liquid toxin binder supplementation via the drinking water on the growth performance of broiler chickens. A total of 400 seven-day-old broiler chickens of mixed sexes were randomly distributed into four treatment groups. Each treatment group was replicated four times with 25 chickens per replicate. The treatment groups were as follows: T1 - Control group, T2 - Continuous liquid toxin binder supplementation and reduced feed toxin binder inclusion, T3 - Continuous liquid toxin binder supplementation and T4 - Intermittent liquid toxin binder supplementation. In the study conducted, the production parameters measured were body weight gain, average daily gain, feed conversion efficiency, percent livability and the income over feed, chick, and medication cost. Results of the study indicate that, over-all, there were no significant differences in the production performance among all treatment groups. Income over feed, chick and medication cost of broilers was better with continuous supplementation of liquid toxin binder and reduced feed toxin binder. This study indicates that continuous supplementation of liquid toxin binder and reducing the feed toxin binder is economically more advantageous to use in broiler production.

Language

English

Location

UPLB College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM)

Call Number

LG 993.5 2015 V4 M46

Document Type

Thesis

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