Supplementation of Cashew Apple (Anacardium occidentale) Powder on Growth Performance of Broiler
Vidhi Kamble *
Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairy Science, College of Agriculture, Dr. Balasaheb Sawant Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth, Dapoli, Ratnagiri, Maharashtra, India.
A. J. Mayekar
Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairy Science, College of Agriculture, Dr. Balasaheb Sawant Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth, Dapoli, Ratnagiri, Maharashtra, India.
Aishwarya Shende
Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairy Science, College of Agriculture, Dr. Balasaheb Sawant Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth, Dapoli, Ratnagiri, Maharashtra, India.
N. N. Prasade
Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairy Science, College of Agriculture, Dr. Balasaheb Sawant Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth, Dapoli, Ratnagiri, Maharashtra, India.
S. S. Ramod
Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairy Science, College of Agriculture, Dr. Balasaheb Sawant Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth, Dapoli, Ratnagiri, Maharashtra, India.
R. V. Dhopavkar
Dr. Balasaheb Sawant Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth, Dapoli, Ratnagiri, Maharashtra, India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
The present investigation was carried out on studies of Supplementation of Cashew apple (Anacardium occidentale) powder on growth performance of broiler. The experimental trial of six weeks was undertaken for 200 day old, broiler chicks, divided in five treatments of 40 chicks in each treatment with four replications of ten chicks. The control (T1) group was fed standard ration and T2, T3, T4 and T5 group were provided same standard ration supplemented with 3.00 g, 6.00 g, 9.00 g and 12.00 g cashew apple powder per kg of feed, respectively. This trial resulted that supplementation of cashew apple powder showed significantly highest live body weight in treatment T4 (1881.30 g/bird) as well as average live weight gain (268.75 g/bird). Hence it is concluded that supplementing 9.00 g cashew apple powder per kg of feed significantly resulted in improved growth performance as compared to other treatments.
Keywords: Cashew apple powder, broiler chicks, growth performance, weight gain