1Department of Wildlife and Ecology, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan
2Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan
3Department of Poultry Production, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan
Department of Wildlife and Ecology, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan
*Corresponding author's e-mail: irfanbaboo@gmail.com
Online published on 4 November, 2017.
A total of 120, day-old turkey (Maleagris gallopavo) chicks were arranged into four groups. Four diets having varying levels of crude protein (CP) viz. 16% CP, 18% CP, 20% CP and 22% CP were prepared and were designated as control (T), treatment 1 (T1), treatment 2 (T) and treatment 3 (T) diets, respectively. Group 1 birds were fed with T0 diets, group 2 with T diets, group 3 with T2 and group 4 birds were fed with T3 diets. Significantly higher weight gain 2950.86±1952.58g, body length 30.064±11cm, beak length 3.53cm, body girth 43.41±16.30cm, thigh length 18.18±6.47cm, sternum-length 11.98±4.70cm, wing-length 47.10±16.17cm, wingspan 101.36±34.32cm, shank-length and tarsus-length 13.78±4.47cm were recorded in M. gallopavo fed with T3 diets. Feed conversion ratios (FCR) for T0, T1, T2 and T3 diets were 2.296, 2.236, 2.099 and 1.934, respectively. Internal and external quality parameters of egg were also analyzed.
Albumen, Body length, Crude protein, Shank length
