Effect of Amla (Emblica officinalis) Pomace Feeding on Growth Performance of Commercial Broilers

In a randomized block design, using 120 day-old commercial broiler chicks, the effect of feeding of amla pomace @ 250g/quintal (AM1), 500g/quintal (AM2) and 750g/quintal (AM3) was compared with a control group (C). Each treatment had 30 broilers with three replicates of 10 chicks per replicate. The broilers were offered starter diets upto 4 weeks of age and were reared in battery brooders, thereafter they were offered finisher diets in 5th and 6th week of age and were reared in Californian cages. At the end of 6th week, 6 birds from each treatment were sacrificed to record dressing percentage, weights of liver, spleen, gall bladder, bursa, thymus, and abdominal fat. There was a significant improvement in FCR but no effect of feeding on weights of liver, spleen, bursa, thymus and abdominal fat percentage was observed. It may be concluded that the feeding of amla pomace significantly improved the performance of broilers, thereby improving the profitability of broiler industry.