• SANDEEP NADIKATLA
• VIJAY KUMAR M
• GOUDA RAJENDER

ABSTRACT A biological experiment was conducted to determine the impact of four litter materials (saw dust, coir waste, ground nut hulls and rice husks) on the production performance of broiler chicken in deep litter system. The experiment was conducted by using one hundred and sixty sex separated, day old commercial broiler chicks. The chicks were weighed, wing banded and randomly allotted into four treatment groups with four replicates of ten chicks per replicate totalling forty per treatment. The standard diets were fed to broiler chicken for forty-two days under standard management conditions in deep litter system and production performance like weekly body weight and feed consumption were recorded at weekly interval and mortality was recorded at occurance. From the above data feed conversion ratio, body weight gains and livabilty were calculated. At the end of the experimental period, two birds from each replicate (one male and female) were randomly selected for slaughter to study the carcass characteristics. The results of the experiment revealed that different litter materials had significantly (P<0.05) influenced the body weight, body weight gain, feed consumption, feed conversion ratio and carcass characteristics in broiler chicken. However, the group T1 (rice husk) achieved higher body weight (2310g) and body weight gain (2290 g) and better feed conversion ratio (1.68) than rest of the treatment groups. The group T1 (rice husk) recorded higher eviscerated yield (66.68%) and the net profit was also highest in group T1 (Rs.12.14/bird) (rice husk) and hence it is recommended that rice husk can be used as litter material for commercial broilers in deep litter system of management.

Litter materials, broilers, feed, feed conversion ratio, body weight.

"IMPACT OF DIFFERENT LITTER MATERIALS ON THE PRODUCTION PERFORMANCE OF COMMERCIAL BROILER ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 1, page no.d93-d99, January-2022, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2201313.pdf

"IMPACT OF DIFFERENT LITTER MATERIALS ON THE PRODUCTION PERFORMANCE OF COMMERCIAL BROILER ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 1, page no. ppd93-d99, January-2022, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2201313.pdf