Abstract:
In Sudan the poultry feed cost about 70% of the total variable cost
in the poultry industry. So in the last 10 years this industry is increased
vertically and horizontally especially the broiler sector
This experiment done in summer season, by used 120 one day old,
unsexed Ross 308 chicks for 6 weeks, allotted randomly to three treatments
with 4 replicates (10 chicks / replicate).
Health of the experimental birds was closely observed
An experiment was conducted to investigate the improvement in production
parameters that occur as a consequence of feeding a pre-starter diet to one
day old broiler chicks for the first 5days after hatching.
Broiler chicks were fed imported pre-starter, locally prepared pre-starter or a
starter diet (without pre-starter) as control diet. Body weight, feed
consumption and feed conversion ratio (FCR) were determined weekly
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during the experimental period for 6 weeks. The present study confirms the
importance of the first week of broiler life and further demonstrated the
beneficial effects of feeding pre- starter diet to broiler chicks during the first
5 days, since the imported pre starter showed the highest body weight
throughout the experimental period and significant (p<0.05) high gain
during the last two weeks. The local prepared pre-starter showed a lower
gain at early stage of growth, but at slaughter age confirm its beneficial
effects and further proof the possibility of locally manufacturing pre-starters.
