Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.5513/JCEA01/20.1.2006
Evaluation of the suitability of broiler chicken and turkey commercial feed mixes in the diets of grey partridge (Perdix perdix L.) during the rearing period
Elżbieta Bombik
orcid.org/0000-0002-6597-7408
; Department of Bioengineering and Animal Husbandry, Siedlce University of Natural Sciences and Humanities, Prusa Street 14, 08-110 Siedlce, Poland
Stanisław Kondracki
orcid.org/0000-0001-9503-0824
; Department of Bioengineering and Animal Husbandry, Siedlce University of Natural Sciences and Humanities, Prusa Street 14, 08-110 Siedlce, Poland
Dorota Banaszewska
; Department of Bioengineering and Animal Husbandry, Siedlce University of Natural Sciences and Humanities, Prusa Street 14, 08-110 Siedlce, Poland
Katarzyna Pietrzkiewicz
; Department of Bioengineering and Animal Husbandry, Siedlce University of Natural Sciences and Humanities, Prusa Street 14, 08-110 Siedlce, Poland
Gabriel Maliszewski
; Department of Bioengineering and Animal Husbandry, Siedlce University of Natural Sciences and Humanities, Prusa Street 14, 08-110 Siedlce, Poland
Abstract
The aim of the study was to evaluation of the suitability of broiler chicken and turkey commercial feed mixes in the diets of grey partridge (Perdix perdix L.) during the rearing period. The study was carried out on a farm authorized by the Minister of the Environment to conduct breeding and farming of grey partridge, DL Pgł-671323/15852/13/RN dated 24 April 2013. The research material consisted of grey partridge chicks assigned to two groups: one, fed the complete feed mix for turkeys IB-1 till 4 weeks of rearing, followed by the complete feed mix for turkeys B-2 from 5 weeks on (group I, n = 22) and the other, fed the complete feed DKA-Starter for broiler chickens (group II, n = 22). The rearing cycle took 8 weeks. Observations within the experiment included deaths records and monitoring of health status, body weight, feed intake and maintenance conditions. Better parameters of partridges rearing were attained as a result of IB feeding. Birds fed with IB-1 and IB-2 feed mixes showed a higher body weight, as compared to chicks fed DKA-Starter (DKA-S). The difference persisted from the first week of rearing to the end of the feeding trial (respectively 0.32 g and 4.59 g). From day 1 until 8 weeks of age, partridges fed the IB feed showed greater average daily gains (4.17 g), a faster rate of growth (181.67%) and a greater final body weight, all at a lower feed intake compared to those fed mix with DKA-S. It has been found that the IB feed mix can successfully be used in the nutrition of grey partridges.
Keywords
body weight; compound feeds; feed consumption; grey partridge; growth rate indicators; rearing
Hrčak ID:
218106
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Publication date:
19.3.2019.
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