AVAILABILITY OF NUTRIENTS TO SCAVENGING CHICKEN AND DUCKS IN BANGLADESH



M. A. Ukil(1*), M. A. R. Howlider(2), O. M. E. Huque(3)

(1) Dept. Animal Science, Universiti Prrtra, Malaysia 43400 UPM, Serdang, Selangor Malaysia
(2) Dept. Poultry Science, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh-2202, Bangladesh
(3) Director General, Bangladesh Livestock Research Institute Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh
(*) Corresponding Author

Abstract


Free range reared 120 indigenous laying hens and 120 indigenous laying ducks were
killed in ditTererrt seasons and crop and gizzard contents were collected to detenrrine the composition of scavenging feed. The collected feed contents was preserved and analyzed for the proximate components and mineral contents. The chicken’s feed contained 8.18% CP, 9.44% CF, 1.61% EE, 9.78% Ash, 57.9% NFE, 3.38% Ca and 0.57% P. While CP, CF, EE, Ash, NFE, Ca and P contents of duck feed were 9.40%, 9.76%, 1.53%, 12.63%, 53.11%, 3.76% and 0.43% respectively. The estimated TME contents of chickens and duck feed were 2776.66 and 2670.43 K cal Kg respectively.


Keywords


Availability of nutrients, Scavenging, Chicken, Ducks, Bangladesh

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