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EFFECT OF DIFFERENT LITTER MATERIALS ON PERFORMANCE OF COMMERCIAL BROILERS IN TEMPERATE AGRO-CLIMATIC CONDITIONS OF KASHMIR VALLEY IN SUMMER SEASON

Azmat Alam Khan, G. A. Bhat, M. T. Banday

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¹Division of Uvestock Production and Management Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir Shuhama, Alusteng, Srinagar, 190 006, India.

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Cite article:- Khan Alam Azmat, Bhat A. G., Banday T. M. (2025). EFFECT OF DIFFERENT LITTER MATERIALS ON PERFORMANCE OF COMMERCIAL BROILERS IN TEMPERATE AGRO-CLIMATIC CONDITIONS OF KASHMIR VALLEY IN SUMMER SEASON. Indian Journal of Animal Research. 43(2): 153-154. doi: .

ABSTRACT

An experiment was carried out to study the effect of different litter materials, T1 sawdust (control),
T2 chaffed wheat straw, T3 dried tree leaves and T4 wood shavings on the performance and cost ofproduction of commercial broilers reared in temperate agro-climatic conditions of Kashmir valley
during summer season. Results indicated statistically insignificant difference in all production
parameters viz final body weight, body weight gain, feed consumption and FeR. Economic analysis
revealed that cost of production was least for the group reared on saw dust followed by those reared on chaffed wheat straw, dried tree leaves and wood shavings. It could therefore be concluded that while chaffed wheat straw, dried tree leaves and wood shavings could be used as alternate litter materials to saw dust without significantly affecting the performance, saw dust was the most economical.

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