Effects of Feed Additives on Productive and Reproductive Performance of Khaki Campbell Duck in Kuliarchor Upazilla, Kishoreganj District, Bangladesh
Md. Riadul Hasan
ACI Animal Health, ACI Ltd, Bangladesh
Saiful Islam
Department of Physiology, Sylhet Agricultural University, Bangladesh
Razib Das
Department of Livestock Services, Bangladesh
Mowdudul Hasan Talha
MS Fellow, Sylhet Agricultural University, Bangladesh
Mahfuz Rahman Adnan
MS Fellow, Sylhet Agricultural University, Bangladesh
Mamun Ur Rahman
MS Fellow, Sylhet Agricultural University, Bangladesh
Md. Emdadul Haque
Agrovet Division, Square Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Bangladesh
Md. Matiur Rahman *
Department of Medicine, Sylhet Agricultural University, Bangladesh
Md. Matiar Rahman Howlader
Department of Physiology, Sylhet Agricultural University, Bangladesh
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
To study the effects of feed additives on productive and reproductive performance of Khaki Campbell in Kuliarchar Upazilla, Kishoreganj district of Bangladesh.The study was carried out between August, 2014 to May, 2015 at Kuliarchar Upazilla, Kishoreganj district of Bangladesh. A total of 120 female day-old Khaki Campbell ducklings were procured from local market from Kuliarchor Upazilla. The ducklings were randomly distributed into 4 treatment groups A; Digester®, B; Vitapoultry®, C; Alqurzim® and D; control) and the additives were included in diets at 2g/kg feed. Body weight, egg production, fertility%, hatachability% were increased in treated groups with the helping of feed additives compared with untreated group. Among with others minerals, the group B treated by Vitapoultry® gave significantly good result compared with others. Feed additives had tremendous result both productive and reproductive performance of Khaki Campbell ducks. So, it will be better to use vitamin, mineral and amino acid containing feed additives with basal feed for enhancing the productive and reproductive performance of Khaki Campbell ducks for enhancing the elimination of poverty in these haor area by increasing the daily income of the farmers. Further molecular and serological studies need to develop specific diet chart for breed to breed in haor area.
Keywords: Duck, feed additives, performance, Kishoreganj, Bangladesh