EFFECTS OF PROBIOTIC, YOGHURT AND ACIDIFIERS ON THE PERFORMANCE OF COMMERCIAL BROILERS

Abstract

An experiment was carried out with 120 Lohman meat broiler chicks (Day old) to evaluate the effect of supplementation of Probiotic (Synlac), yoghurt and acidifier (FraAC34) on the performance of broiler were procured from Aman Poultry and Hatchery limited. The Synlac, yoghurt and FraAC34 were purchased from local market. The treatment Groups were Group A (1g Synlac/2L), Group B (5g yoghurt/1L) , Group C (1ml Fra AC34/1L) and group D (control). At 35 days of age the body weight gain at different dietary treatments were 1981.67g, 1951.67g, 1946.34g and 1906.67g in Group A, B, C and D respectively and the difference was non-significant. Feed consumption was higher in Group A but there was no significant difference among the different treatments. Feed consumption during the whole period (0-35 days) were 3186.67g, 3138.33g, 3106.67g and 3104g in Group A, B, C and D respectively. FCR during the experimental period (0-35 days) were 1.58, 1.58, 1.56 and 1.59 in Group A, B, C and D respectively. Not any bird died during the experimental period, so livability was 100%. The production performance was higher in synlac, yoghurt and FraAC34 than control but no significant difference was found.