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Research
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online: 12-11-2014)
7.
Effect of dietary supplementation of herbal
seeds on carcass traits of turkey poults - Darshana B.
Bhaisare, D. Thyagarajan, R. Richard Churchil and N. Punniamurthy
Veterinary World, 7(11): 938-942
doi:
10.14202/vetworld.2014.938-942
Darshana B. Bhaisare:
Department of Poultry Science, Madras Veterinary College, Chennai,
Tamil Nadu, India;
darshanabhaisare@gmail.com
D.
Thyagarajan:
Director of Distance Education, Madhavaram Milk Colony, Tamil Nadu
Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu,
India;
drthyagu2002@yahoo.com
R.
Richard Churchil:
Department of Poultry Science, Livestock Research Complex, Tamil
Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University,
Orthanadu,
Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India;
drchurchil@yahoo.com
N.
Punniamurthy: Department of Pharmacology, Veterinary
University Training and Research Centre, Tamil Nadu Veterinary and
Animal Sciences University, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India;
murthyvcri@hotmail.com
Received:
26-08-2014, Revised: 09-10-2014, Accepted: 14-10-2014, Published
online: 12-11-2014
Corresponding author:
Darshana B. Bhaisare, e-mail: darshanabhaisare@gmail.com
Abstract
Aim:
The present study was conducted to find the effect of four
herbal seeds on carcass traits of turkey poults.
Materials and Methods: A biological study using Nandanam
turkey poults (Meleagris gallapavo) for 8 weeks duration
was carried out to evaluate the effect of phytobiotics-containing
four herbal seeds influence on production performances like
biweekly body weight and on carcass traits. 150 poults were
randomly subjected to five dietary treatments in a completely
randomized design with basal diet (T1), 0.5% (5 g/kg) level of
each seeds thyme (Thymus vulgaris) (T2), fenugreek (Trigonella
foenum graecum) (T3), fennel (Foeniculum vulgare) (T4)
and cumin (Cuminum cyminum) (T5). Carcass traits like blood
loss, feather loss, dressed weight, New York dressed weight, ready
to cook yield and cut-up parts yield were studied.
Results: The body weight at 8th week was
higher (p<0.05) in poults fed with thyme; whereas at 6th week,
fennel and cumin fed birds had better (p<0.05) body weight.
Inclusion of herbal seeds did not affect the blood loss, dressed
weight and ready to cook yield but it significantly (p<0.05)
affected the feathered loss, New York dressed weight and giblet
percentages. Feeding of fenugreek has improved New York dressed
weight of poults. Feeding of fennel had depressive (p<0.05) effect
on liver and gizzard weights. All the four phytobiotic seeds in
feed had significant (p<0.05) reduction in breast weight with a
compensatory improvement in drumstick and neck weights.
Conclusion: The present study revealed that supplementation of
phytobiotic herbal seeds has resulted in numerical improvement of
body weight of poults throughout the study period whereas these
seeds had negative effect on the yield of breast, with increased
proportion of drumstick and neck.
Keywords: carcass traits, cumin, fennel, fenugreek,
phytobiotics, thyme, turkey.
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