Pustaka Ilmiah Universitas Padjadjaran

Proceeding Biotech

The Effect Of Early Feed Restriction On The Compensatory Growth In Broiler Chickens

An experiment was conducted to examine the effect of early feed restriction on the compensatory growth in broiler chickens. One hundred and fifty broilers were distributed to six treatment groups, with 30 broilers for each group. Each treatment group was represented by five replication of five broiler each. Broiler were fed ad libitum through out the experiment as the control, and other five group were fed restriction R1 (20% feed restricted of ad libitum), R2 (25% feed restricted of ad libitum), R3(30% feed restricted of ad libitum), R4 (35% feed restricted of ad libitum), R5 (40% feed restricted of ad libitum). Broiler were fed ad libitum conventional broiler diets from 1 to 7 and 15 to 42 days of age. Feed restriction was applied to broiler from 8 to 14 day of age so as to reduce their weight. The present result showed that broilers showed compensatory growth when they were restrict-refed. There is not decreased in finally body weight in broiler chickens which have restricted feed and have a similar feed conversion at all treatments.