Growth Performance and Carcass Parameters of Broiler Birds Administered Water from Four Different Sources in Owerri, South Eastern Nigeria
Journal Title: Global Journal of Animal Scientific Research - Year 2015, Vol 3, Issue 2
Abstract
This study was conducted to evaluate the performance and carcass parameters of broiler birds administered water from four different sources: rain (Treatment 1; T1), borehole (Treatment 2; T2), pipe-borne (Treatment 3; T3), and river (Treatment 4; T4), lasted for eight weeks, and consisted of two hundred and forty broiler birds; randomly divided into the four treatment groups of eighty birds per treatment, and replicated three times each. Performance result of this study recorded significant (P<0.05) differences in water intake of the birds which affected weight gain. Significantly (P<0.05) higher values in final body weight (T1 = 2170.05 g; T2 = 2140.71 g; T3 = 2168.26 g; T4 = 2263.68 g) and total body weight gain (T1 = 1975.57 g; T2 = 1947.34 g; T3 = 1974.26 g; T4 = 2069.00 g) were recorded for birds on T4 than for those on other treatments which were similar (P>0.05). Carcass parameters indicated that significant (P<0.05) weight gain of the birds was as a result of significant (P<0.05) differences recorded mainly in breast (T1 = 477.18 g; T2 = 469.05 g; T3 = 474.77 g; T4 = 488.32 g), thighs (T1 = 496.04 g; 487.13 g; T3 = 481.81 g; T4 = 501.68 g), and intestine (T1 = 91.67 g; T2 = 84.85 g; T3 = 87.14 g; T4 = 96.73 g) weights of the birds. It could therefore be inferred from this study that different water sources affects water intake and body weight gains of broiler birds.
Authors and Affiliations
Friday Idorenyin Etuk, Tobechukwu Chijioke Iwuji, Princewill Ifeanyi Ogbuewu, Charles Ifeanyi Okoli, Patience Okujere, Victor Mela Okoro
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