EFFECT OF ALGIMUN SUPPLEMENTS ON THE PERFORMANCE OF COBB 500 BROILER CHICKEN KEEPING IN OPPENED HOUSE

Abstract

This study was designed to evaluate the effect of supplementation of the Algimun, this additive was mixed into complete diet for Cobb 500 broiler chicken keeping 42 days of age in opend house during Winter time. The experiment was conducted on a total of 450 broiler chickens, assigned into 2 experimental groups, each group consists of  75 chicks and the experiment was conducted in triples. The first group is treated by Algimun, the second is controled. The results showed that supplementation of  Algimun continuously by 1 gram/ 1 kg feed for Cobb 500 broiler chicken had good effect on the criteria of growth, feed conversion ratio, performance index, economic number, differences from non-supplementation were statistically significant; decreasing direct cost for broiler keeping farmers was 5.66%.