Influence of housing system on feed consumption and feed conversion ratio of broilers at different levels of lysine and methionine: Influence of housing system on feed consumption --- of broilers at different levels of lysine and methionine

K Rajendran; K Mani; P Shamsudeen; A Natarajan

doi:10.56093/ijvasr.v50i1.126452

Authors

Rajendran, K TANUVAS
Mani, K TANUVAS
Shamsudeen P TANUVAS
Natarajan, A TANUVAS

https://doi.org/10.56093/ijvasr.v50i1.126452

Keywords:

Broilers, Cumulative feed consumption, Feed conversion ratio, Lysine, Methionine

Abstract

An experiment was conducted by feeding diets with different levels of lysine (1.20, 1.30 and 1.40 % in pre-starter diet, 1.10, 1.20 and 1.30 % in starter diet and 0.95, 1.05 and 1.15% in finisher diet) and methionine (0.45, 0.55 and 0.65% in pre-starter diet, 0.40, 0.50 and 0.60 % in starter diet and 0.35, 0.45 and 0.55 % in finisher diet) to commercial broilers for a period of five weeksto assess the cumulative feed consumption and feed conversion ratio in environmentally controlled and open sided deeplitter housing system. The results of the study revealed that broilers reared in environmentally controlled housing system consumed more feed than in open sided housing system. In addition the housing system also inÀuenced the feed conversion ratio irrespective of various combinations of dietary lysine and methionine in broilers.

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