Vol. 9, Issue 3, Part B (2024)

Author(s): Adeep Keshav, Krishnamurthy TN, HC Indresh and Ramesh D

Abstract: A study investigated the impact of exogenous emulsifier in energy reduced diet on growth performance like body weight gain, feed intake, feed conversion ratio (FCR) and survivability in 128 Cobb broilers till the end of the experiment (42 days). The experiment included a control group (T₁) fed a standard diet prepared following Bureau of Indian Standards (2007) and three experimental groups receiving 350 ppm of exogenous emulsifier with energy reduced basal diet by - 60 kcal, - 90 kcal and - 120 kcal in T₂, T₃ and T₄ respectively. The results showed that there was a significant improvement in body weight and FCR during the experimental period and no significant difference was observed in feed intake and survivability.