The Effect of starch and carragenan in diets on broiler chicks performance


Abstract in English

An experiment was carried out using 120 unsexed chicks of a commercial broiler breed taken from a hatchery nearby the farm of the experiment. When the chicks started to hatch the chicks were collected without the need to complete the operation of hatching to ensure that the hatching chicks were hatched at the same time. The chicks were distributed into four groups of each group divid into 6 sub groups each sub group contains 5 chicks. The chicks were fed different diets.

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