Effect of feeding moong dal waste with enzyme supplementation on immune response and nutrient utilization in broilers

The present experiment was conducted on 240 straight run day-old broiler chicks of ‘Vencobb 400’ strain from 0-42 days. The chicks were randomly distributed in to four treatment groups. Each treatment had three replicates with 20 birds in each. The birds in control group (A) offered basal diet adequate in all nutrients as per BIS (2007). The birds in dietary treatment groups B, C and D were offered diet with moong dal waste at 5%, 10% and 15% level with enzyme, @ 400g/ ton of feed, respectively. All the diets were iso-caloric and iso-nitrogenous. The differences in HI titer for ND on 21st and 42nd day were found to be non-significant among all the treatment groups. However, numerically higher titer value was observed in group D receiving 15% moong dal waste with enzyme compared to control group A and other dietary treatment groups. The highest percent nitrogen retention was observed in treatment group D receiving 15% moong dal waste with enzyme as compared to all treatment groups. The results indicated that, the 15% moong dal waste with enzyme was found to be better in nutrient utilization over control and better in immune response in broiler chicken.