Study of the Productivity Response to Adding Different Levels of Chenopodium quinoa Seed Powder to the Ration and Vitamin C to the Drinking Water of Broilers

Abstract

Abstract This experiment was conducted in the poultry field of the Department of Animal Production College of Agriculture Al-Qasim Green University for” the period 1/10 /2021 to 4/11/2021 The study aimed to add different levels of Chenopodium quinoa seed “powder to the diet and vitamin C to the drinking water to know the best levels of quinoa seed powder to the diet that can be used in poultry diets. In the experiment 225 unsexed broiler chicks Ross 308 were used distributed randomly to 15 cages with 5 experimental treatments for “each treatment” of “45 birds and each treatment included three replicates for each replicate of 15 birds. The experimental treatments were as follows The first treatment” the “control treatment” basic diet free of any addition whether in feed or drinking water. The second treatment add 12 g of quinoa seeds/kg of feed the third treatment add 14 g of quinoa seeds/kg of feed the fourth treatment add 16 g of quinoa seeds/kg of feed the fifth treatment add 300 “mg of vitamin C/L of drinking water. The most important results “of the” study can be summarized which is a significantly improvement (“P≤0.09”) for the third fourth and fifth” treatments in “the” average live body weight “in the fifth week and the total weight” gain “compared” to “the first treatment. As for feed consumption “there were no significant differences between all treatments while the third fourth and fifth treatments recorded the best cumulative food conversion ratio with a significant difference (P≤0.09) compared to the first treatment” and no deaths were recorded among birds during the experiment period