Vol. 6, Issue 6 (2018)
Effect of different sources of water on the performance of broilers in Mizoram
Author(s): Jamlianthang, Ranjana Goswami, L Hmar, Girin Kalita, R Buragohain, Hemen Das and K Khate
Abstract: The study was done with 135 numbers commercial broiler chicks which were randomly divided into three groups of 45 numbers of birds in each group and reared on three different waters sources i.e. stream, harvested rain and spring water to observe the effect of different water sources on the performance of broiler. The average day-old body weight was 38.28±0.39 gm, 38.63±0.43 gm and 37.81±0.31 gm for stream, harvested rain and spring water respectively. The drinking stream water contains Faecal Coliform count of approximately 2000 MPN/100 ml, total chloride was 12.5 mg/l, pH values was 6.8 and trace iron content. The drinking harvested rain water contains Faecal Coliform count of approximately 2400 MPN/100 ml, total chloride was 18 mg/l, pH values was 7.1 and trace iron content. The drinking spring water contains Faecal Coliform count of approximately 2400 MPN/100 ml, total chloride was 10 mg/l, pH values was 7.2 and trace iron content. The average daily feed consumption per bird provided with drinking water under different water sources was observed to be highest for the group with drinking stream water with 18.00±0.32 gm in 1st week and 180.02±2.28 gm in 6th week and statistical analysis showed significant difference during 5th week (p<0.01). At 5th week feed intake was significantly higher at stream sources of drinking water group than harvested rain and spring sources of drinking water groups. The daily water consumption was significantly highest at spring water group in 3rd week (164.84±2.85 ml/day) and 4th week (261.69±2.37 ml/day); and stream drinking water group at 5th week (336.27±3.15 ml/day) and 6th week (392.38±4.37 ml/day) respectively. The average weekly body weight per bird (gm/wk) during 1st and 6th week under different water sources was highest for stream water group and ranging from 131.77±0.95 gm in the 1st week to 2011.89±28.00 gm in 6th week, followed by spring water group from 126.6±2.43 gm to 1936.02±26.19 gm and harvested rain water group with 130.55±2.20 gm to 1886.75±22.56 gm respectively. FCR under different water sources were significantly better for stream water group and spring water group during 2nd (p<0.05), 4th and 6th (p<0.01) week than harvested rain water group. The overall FCR of broiler birds were better in stream water group i.e. 1.82±0.02 gm/gm than for harvested rain water group and spring water group i.e. 1.88±0.02 and 1.83±0.02 gm/gm respectively. The overall mortality rate was found to be 8 birds (i.e. 5.92%) from a total of 135 numbers reared. Lower mortality rate and percentage was observed in stream drinking water group with 2 (4.44%) followed by 3 (6.67%) each for harvested rain water and spring water group.
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Jamlianthang, Ranjana Goswami, L Hmar, Girin Kalita, R Buragohain, Hemen Das, K Khate. Effect of different sources of water on the performance of broilers in Mizoram. Int J Chem Stud 2018;6(6):1152-1155.
