RESULTS
The performance of the birds fed furazolidone or butyric
acid (butyrate) are presented in Table 2. Body weight gain
and feed conversion ratio was influenced by dietary
treatments during both the starter and finisher period. The
body weight gain of birds fed control diet was comparable
with that of 0.2% butyrate supplemented group. However,
significantly higher body weight gain was observed in
furazolidone and 0.4-0.6% butyric acid groups.
Significantly improved feed conversion ratio was observed
in all the dietary treatments compared to control. Among the
treatment groups, feed conversion ratio was better in 0.4%
butyrate group compared to furazolidone or 0.2% butyrate
group. Feed intake and mortality (data not given) was not
influenced by the dietary treatments. Only 5 chicks
(control-2; furazolidone-1; 0.2% butyrate-1 and 0.6%