Table 3.
Benefit-cost analysis of broilers fed different combinations of Clove and Tulsi.
| Parameters |
Treatments1 |
SEM | P-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T0 | T1 | T2 | T3 | |||
| Chick cost (Tk./bird) | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | – | – |
| Feed cost (Tk./bird) | 108.12b | 113.26ab | 116.9a | 107.7b | 2.87 | 0.015 |
| Cost of clove and tulsi (Tk./bird) | 0.00 | 2.67 | 5.33 | 8.00 | – | – |
| Bedding, disinfectant, vaccine (Tk./bird) | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | – | – |
| Mortality cost (Tk./bird) | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | – | – |
| Labor cost (Tk./bird) | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | – | – |
| Electricity and others (Tk./bird) | 09 | 09 | 09 | 09 | – | – |
| Total cost of production (Tk./bird) | 179.12c | 186.93b | 193.23a | 186.7b | 2.87 | 0.002 |
| Total cost of production (Tk/kg. body weight) | 113.58b | 112.61bc | 109.29c | 121.95a | 1.74 | 0.000 |
| Total Income (Tk./bird) (Sale price @ 160 Tk./kg) | 252.32c | 265.60b | 282.88a | 244.96c | 4.46 | 0.000 |
| Profit (Tk./ bird) | 73.2b | 78.67ab | 89.65a | 58.26c | 5.30 | 0.000 |
| Profit (Tk./kg live bird) | 46.42b | 47.39ab | 50.71a | 38.05c | 1.74 | 0.000 |
| Benefit-cost ratio | 1.41a | 1.42a | 1.46a | 1.31b | 0.03 | 0.002 |
a,b,cWithin a row, values with different alphabetic superscripts differ significantly (P < 0.05).
1T0: represents the control group; T1, T2, and T3 groups represent supplementation of 0.5% Clove + 2% Tulsi, 1% Clove + 3% Tulsi, and 1.5% Clove and 4% Tulsi, respectively.