Growth performance of Pratapdhan chicks fed graded levels of mustard cake
Abstract
An experiment was conducted to study the effect of feeding graded levels of mustard cake on growth performance of Pratapdhan chicks. Two hundred pooled sex day-old chicks were divided into four dietary groups consisting of five replicates having 10 chicks each. Basal diet comprising of maize-soyabean de-oiled cake was fed to the chicks. The experimental diets were (MC0, control) and mustard cake at 3% (MC3), 6% (MC6) and 9% (MC9) in the ration substituting soya DOC by 10, 13, and 16%. The birds were maintained following standard rearing practices under deep litter system. Inclusion of mustard cake at 3% (MC3) had highest (p
Fields of Study & Subjects
Animal Nutrition and Physiology
Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth
Livestock and Poultry Management
Publication details
- Journal / source
- The Indian Journal of Animal Sciences
- Volume
- 95
- Issue
- 8
- Pages
- 750–754
- Publication date
- 5 January 2026