STUDY ON FEED CONVERTION RATIO OF COMMERCIAL BROILERS
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2013-02
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Chittagong Veterinary & Animal Sciences University, Khulshi- Chittagong-4225
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The study was conducted at the village of Sotodarogarhat at Sitakunda upazilla in Chittagong district for a period of 31 days from 1st January 2013 to 31 January 2013 in two intensive broiler farms to know feed the intake, liveweight, weight gain & feed conversion ratio of commercial broilers. In this study, it could be seen that at 5th weeks of age of boiler the total feed intake /bird were 3023.5 gm and 2962 gm. In farm the feed conversion efficiency was 1.46 and 1.34 in farm -1 and farm -2,for Lohman and Cobb500, respectively. It could also seen that the broilers of farm-2 grow faster at 4th week to 5th weeks of age than the broiler of farm-2.
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Broiler, feed conversion ratio, feed intake, live weight gain.