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Effect of Age and Sex on Litter Moisture Level in Deep Litter Rearing of Vanaraja Chickens


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1 Division of Livestock Production and Management, National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal (Haryana), India
2 Department of Livestock Production and Management, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneswar (Odisha), India
     

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The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of age and sex on moisture level of litter material in Vanaraja chicken for nine weeks. One hundred fifty Vanaraja chicks (75 male+75 female) were used for experiment. Litter moisture levels were measure at an interval of 3 weeks. Litter from male group had a significantly (p<0.05) higher moisture per cent than that of other two groups. Similar trend was also observed at 42 days of age. Moisture level between all three groups varied significantly (p<0.05). But at 63 days of age continued trend changes and litter materials from female group had a significantly (p<0.05) higher moisture per cent than that of other two groups. Litter moisture per cent is a good indicator of antibacterial property of litter materials so it should be monitored regularly and should be changed at a regular interval.

Keywords

Litter, Moisture, Age, Sex, Coccidia, Vanaraja.
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Authors

Kuldeep Kumar Panigrahy
Division of Livestock Production and Management, National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal (Haryana), India
Kumaresh Behera
Department of Livestock Production and Management, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneswar (Odisha), India
Sasmita Panda
Department of Livestock Production and Management, College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneswar (Odisha), India
Shailesh Kumar Gupta
Division of Livestock Production and Management, National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal (Haryana), India

Abstract


The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of age and sex on moisture level of litter material in Vanaraja chicken for nine weeks. One hundred fifty Vanaraja chicks (75 male+75 female) were used for experiment. Litter moisture levels were measure at an interval of 3 weeks. Litter from male group had a significantly (p<0.05) higher moisture per cent than that of other two groups. Similar trend was also observed at 42 days of age. Moisture level between all three groups varied significantly (p<0.05). But at 63 days of age continued trend changes and litter materials from female group had a significantly (p<0.05) higher moisture per cent than that of other two groups. Litter moisture per cent is a good indicator of antibacterial property of litter materials so it should be monitored regularly and should be changed at a regular interval.

Keywords


Litter, Moisture, Age, Sex, Coccidia, Vanaraja.

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