Table 8.
Effect of diet supplemented with enzymes and probiotic on economics in broilers
| Parameters | Dietary treatments |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T1 | T2 | T3 | T4 | T5 | T6 | T7 | T8 | |
| Feed intake (g/bird) | 4195.70 | 4175.00 | 4083.70 | 4084.30 | 4163.80 | 4004.80 | 3922.10 | 3925.80 |
| Cost of feed eaten (USD/bird) | 1.92 | 1.91 | 1.87 | 1.87 | 1.90 | 1.83 | 1.79 | 1.79 |
| Enzyme cost (2.09 USD/kg) | 0.00 | 0.0022 | 0.0043 | 0.0064 | 0.00 | 0.0021 | 0.0040 | 0.0061 |
| Probiotic cost (2.79 USD/kg) | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.0029 | 0.0028 | 0.0028 | 0.0028 |
| Total feeding cost (USD) | 1.92 | 1.91 | 1.87 | 1.87 | 1.91 | 1.84 | 1.80 | 1.80 |
| Average live weight at 6 weeks (g) | 2002.60 | 2026.60 | 2081.40 | 2088.00 | 2020.70 | 2144.70 | 2206.50 | 2212.50 |
| Income from sale of broilers (1.67 USD/kg live weight) | 3.35 | 3.39 | 3.48 | 3.49 | 3.38 | 3.59 | 3.69 | 3.70 |
| Profit over feed cost/broiler (USD) | 1.43 | 1.48 | 1.61 | 1.62 | 1.48 | 1.75 | 1.89 | 1.90 |
| Additional profit per bird over control group (USD) | - | 0.047 | 0.18 | 0.19 | 0.042 | 0.32 | 0.46 | 0.47 |
| Profit per kg of live weight (USD) | 0.72 | 0.73 | 0.77 | 0.78 | 0.73 | 0.82 | 0.86 | 0.86 |
| Additional profit per kg of live weight over control group (USD) | - | 0.015 | 0.59 | 0.060 | 0.014 | 0.10 | 0.14 | 0.14 |
USD: United States Dollar, 1 USD = 71.80 Indian Rupee, Cost of starter diet = Rs. 35/kg, and finisher diet = Rs. 32/kg