THE EFFECT OF STEVIA AS A FEED SWEETENER ON WEIGHT-GAIN AND FEED CONSUMPTION OF BROILER-CHICKENS

Authors
WOOD DJ LIRETTE A CROBER DC JU HY
Citation
Dj. Wood et al., THE EFFECT OF STEVIA AS A FEED SWEETENER ON WEIGHT-GAIN AND FEED CONSUMPTION OF BROILER-CHICKENS, Canadian journal of animal science, 76(2), 1996, pp. 267-269
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Agriculture Dairy & AnumalScience
Journal title
Canadian journal of animal science → ACNP
ISSN journal
00083984
Volume
76
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
267 - 269
Database
ISI
SICI code
0008-3984(1996)76:2<267:TEOSAA>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
One thousand day-old male chicken broilers housed in 16 floor pens to 42 d of age were used to study the effect of stevia on weight gain and feed consumption. The experimental design was a randomized complete b lock consisting of four diets (0%, 0.0085%, 0.0425% and 0.085% stevia) each replicated four times. Stevia did not appear to improve feed con sumption or weight gain of broilers when used as a feed additive at th e concentrations tested in this study.