Effect of early feeding on performance of broiler chicks using technically modified diet | ||
| Veterinary Medical Journal (Giza) | ||
| Volume 63, Issue 2, April 2017, Pages 89-96 PDF (3.94 M) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/vmjg.2017.355295 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Mostafa Shalaby* 1; Ahmed Aldiry2; Riad Kussaibati2 | ||
| 1Pharmacology Department, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt | ||
| 2Department of Animal Production, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Hama University, Syria | ||
| Abstract | ||
| This manuscript was performed to study the effect of early feeding on performance of broiler chicks using a technically modified diet. The experiment was carried out on 240 unsexed chicks of a commercial broiler breed taken from a hatchery nearby the farm of the experiment. When the chicks started to hatch the chicks were collected without the need to complete the operation of hatching to ensure that the hatching chicks were hatched at the same time. The chicks were distributed into four groups; each group consisted of 60 chicks. Each group of chicks was subjected to a specific method of early nutrition as follow: the 1st group (control) was given diet (feed chicks, first stage) with the water directly after hatching in the hatchery. The 2nd group was received only water during the first 24 hours of life. The 3rd group of chicks was given diet (feed chicks, first stage) and water directly after hatching for 24 hours. The 4th group was fed on a modified technically diet that contains starch 2.5% and carrageenan 2.5% for 24 hours and then provide the diet (feed chicken) until end of the experiment (42 days). The results showed that the technically modified diet able to secure the needs of chicks from feed and water during the first 24 hours after hatching as compared with chicks fed the broilers diet with water. The chicks fed on the technically modified diet and broilers diet and water showed the best modalities of early nutrition in terms of average of live body weight at day one old and week of age as well as improved feed conversion ratio. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Early feeding; Broiler chicks; Starch; Carrageenan; Technically modified diet | ||
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