Growth Performance of Thai Native Chicken Fed Diet Supplemented with Mulato Grass
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The objective of this study was to investigate the growth performance of Thai native chickens supplemented with different quantities of mulato grass (Brachiaria spp.). According to a completely randomized design, the 96 5-week-old Pradu hang-dum Thai native chickens were randomized into 4 treatment groups each of which has 3 replications with 8 chickens per replication. Each treatment group was supplemented with mulato grass at 0 (control), 5, 7.5 and 10 percentage, respectively. The results showed that initial weight and average daily feed intake of 4 treatment groups were not significantly different (P>0.05). Final weight, weight gain and average daily gain of the chickens fed 5% mulato grass supplementation were better than those in other groups (P<0.05). The chickens fed with 5% mulato grass supplementation had better feed conversion ratio than other groups (P<0.05). This study showed that diet supplemented with 5% mulato grass affected growth performance in Thai native chickens.
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