Author(s)

Jayanta Kumar Goswami, Satya Sarmah, Dhirendra K. Sharma

Bioinformatics Centre, Department of Zoology, Gauhati University, Guwahati, India.
Department of Biochemistry, College of Veterinary Sciences, Guwahati, India.

Quality poultry meat depends upon the feed and as such there are many commercially available feeds. However, their composition and standard by and large throughout the year may not remain same due to obvious reasons. Moreover, there is no mention of locally produced feed particularly in the north eastern part of India. The major objective of this study was to prepare mesh feed E1 with the available ingredients as well as their effect were compared with that of the two commercially available feed Amrit and Godrej (E2 and E3) in terms of Crude protein, fats and element composition. The findings showed that the protein content (240 g/kg) and fats (105 g/kg) in the breast muscle of female was higher in the E3 received against the broiler chicken received local feed. Element analysis of the E1, E2 and E3 depicted significantly higher value of Ca, K, Cu Zn and Se against the commercial feed. Other elements like Mg, Na, Fe, P, and Mn showed no variation while compared E1, E2 and E3 together. Thus the present findings suggest that the local feed E1 could be accepted at per with that of the commercial feed for poultry.

Mesh Food; Elements; Comparison; Chicken Breast Muscle

J. Goswami, S. Sarmah and D. Sharma, "Element Concentration in the Prepared and Commercial Feed as Well Their Status in the Breast Muscle of Chicken after Prolonged Feeding," Food and Nutrition Sciences, Vol. 4 No. 11, 2013, pp. 1184-1190. doi: 10.4236/fns.2013.411152.