title: Effect of different types of litter material for rearing broilers.
abstract: 1. Coir dust was evaluated as broiler litter in comparison with sawdust and rice husk using 135 commercial broilers. Forty-five broiler chicks were reared to 42 d on a 50 mm layer of each of these litters. 2. Birds reared on coir dust showed no difference in food consumption, body weight gain, food conversion efficiency production number and survivability in comparison to those reared on saw dust and rice husk. 3. It was concluded that coir dust is suitable as broiler litter when cheaply available.
authors.affiliation: ICAR Research Complex for Goa, Ela, India. icar@goa.goa.nic.in
authors.forename: B K
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Swain
authors.forename: R N
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Sundaram
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002645:Chickens / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000502:physiology; D003059:Cocos; D004391:Dust; D004435:Eating; D005430:Floors and Floorcoverings; D006799:Housing, Animal; D012275:Oryza; D011897:Random Allocation; D015430:Weight Gain; D014934:Wood
chemical_list: D004391:Dust