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POULTRY PUNCH ARTICLE
PHYTOACTIVES (NUBIOTIC)
AS ALTERNATIVE TO
ANTIBIOTIC GROWTH
PROMOTERS IN BROILERS
Dr.Meenal Bharadwaj , Dr.Saurabh Agarwal, Dr.Vandana Sharma
*
* Author of correspondence, Veterinary officer ,Vikas Bhavan,Meerut ,245001
Email@meenalbharadwaj72@gmail.com
Abstract compared to Group A (1882.65±102.6 g)
The withdrawal n experiment was conducted and Group C (1998.34±107.9g). The FCR
to evaluate the efficacy of a in birds of group A was 1.87, group B
of sub therapeutic Aphytobioactive growth promoter was 1.70 and in group C was 1.72. It was
doses of antibiotic in broiler chickens. A total of 450 ‘Cobb concluded that the growth promoting
growth promoters 500’ day-old broiler chicks were randomly potential of phytoactives is at par with
divided into three groups of 150 birds antibiotics without affecting the food
not only affects or each, viz. A, B & C .The groups were chain.
reduces productive further subdivided into triplicates of 50 Key words: Phytoactives, Growth
birds each. Group A served as control, promoter, Body weight gain.
performance, but Group B chicks were supplemented with Introduction Antibiotic growth
also increases Phytoactives (Nubiotic) from day 7 till promoters (AGPs) have widely been
day 28 @1ml/Litre of drinking water used to improve performance and feed
morbidity and and Group C chicks supplemented with utilization amongst food animals. These
mortality in poorly antibiotic (Lincomycin @5ppm). Average antibiotics are used as prophylactic
body weight and feed intake was recorded agents in sub therapeutic doses , for
maintained flocks on day 0, 11, 29 and 42. The mean body promoting growth, improving feed
(Dibner and Richards, weight was significantly (p<0.05) higher conversion rate and general well being of
in birds of group B (2039.17±113.2g) as meat producing animals as well as poultry
2005). Moreover,
the use of antibiotic Graph 1. Feed conversion ratio and body weight gain of different groups
growth promoters
has been criticized
due to its possible
role in the occurrence
of antimicrobial
resistance in humans
and drug resistivity
issues in poultry.
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