Vol. 9, Issue 6, Part J (2024)

Author(s): Apal N Patel, RS Joshi, FP Savaliya, AB Patel, NJ Bhagora and BR Devalia

Abstract: Rice Distillers Dried Grains with Solubles (RDDGS) is a by-product of ethanol production which is used as alternative protein source in the poultry diet. The Present investigation was conducted for 6 weeks to study the effect of feeding different dietary levels of rice DDGS on livability and economics of commercial broiler chicken. A total of 144 day-old chicks were randomly assigned to six dietary treatments. Each treatment group consisted of four replicates with 6 chicks/replicate such that to have 24 chicks per treatment. Six diets (T₁, T₂, T₃, T₄, T₅ and T₆) were formulated and provided ad libitum to the birds of respective treatments as pre-starter, starter and finisher diets during 0-7 days, 8-21 days and 22-42 days of age, respectively. T₁ (Basal diet without RDDGS), T₂ (Basal diet with 5% level of RDDGS), T₃ (Basal diet with 10% level of RDDGS), T₄ (Basal diet with 15% level of RDDGS), T₅ (Basal diet with 20% level of RDDGS) and T₆ (Basal diet with 25% level of RDDGS). The highest livability was observed in T₁, T₂, T₄, T₅, T₆ followed by T₃ group. The highest ROFC was obtained in the birds fed with T₂ diet followed by T₁, T₃, T₅, T₄ and T₆ diet, respectively. It should be concluded that the inclusion of RDDGS in broiler diet at 5% level was economically more beneficial due to reduce feed cost.

DOI: 10.22271/veterinary.2024.v9.i6j.1949