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Poultry farming has emerged as a major income generating enterprise in agriculture sector within the reach of the poor, women, marginal farmers, and entrepreneurs. Feed alone costs 65 to 75% of the total broiler production and ultimately results in high price of poultry meat. Our results show that azolla meal could be utilized to substitute up to 10% soybean meal from overall production and economic point of view.

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Feed alone costs 65 to 75% of the total broiler production and ultimately results in high price of poultry meat. The inclusion of azolla meal at 10% was either superior or at par with control diet with respect to overall performance and net economic returns. From the results it can be concluded that broilers could be raised successfully without compromising performance while substituting soybean meal up to 10% with azolla meal.

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The paper shows the potentials of including azolla as an alternative to soybean in poultry feed.

Dev R Paudel
University of Florida

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This page is a summary of: Azolla as an Economic Substitute to Soybean Based Feed for Poultry, International Journal of Applied Sciences and Biotechnology, December 2015, Nepal Journals Online (NepJOL),
DOI: 10.3126/ijasbt.v3i4.13636.
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