An Experimental Study On The Effect Of Feed Varieties On Weight Of Broilers Species

This study was aimed to examine the effect of feed types on species of broiler with attention on the weight gain over a period of 6 weeks. Five varieties of feeds were administered on 2 units each of Marshall and Ross 308 and weights gained for the duration of the investigation were recorded. The factorial design involved feed varieties and specie as the two factors. Granulated maize was used as control and supplement for TF and NH to formulate the hybrid versions of the feeds. The Estimated Marginal Mean (EMM) was estimated to examine the average response of each factor. The analysis of variance revealed there is significant difference in the weight gain due to the effect of the feed formulations with Pvalue of 0.000. The Post Hoc analysis with Duncan Multiple Range test (DMRT) for multiple comparison to determine homogeneous subsets revealed that the granulated maize (0.2412) has the least effect while NH (mean=1.0346) and TF (mean=0.9150) outperformed their hybrid version MNH (1.0019) and MTF (0.5237) indicating the tendency of reduction in the effect of the feed as a result of the granulated maize mixed as supplement. The hybrid MNH and granulated maize were considered as homogeneous subsets based on the test of multiple comparisons