Noni (Morinda citrofolia L.) foliage as a phytobiotic in broiler chicken feed.

Resumen

Poultry farming is part of the productive chain of corn, soybeans
and balanced, which is one of the most important within the
Ecuadorian agricultural sector. Ecuadorian poultry farming has
increased its production in recent years, unlike other types of
meat production. The objective of the present investigation
was to determine the effect of the addition of noni (Morinda
citrofolia L.) foliage levels on the productive performance of
Broiler chickens. The work was carried out in the "Cañales"
Campus of the Mocache Canton, Los Ríos province. 160 Broiler
Cobb 500 chickens were used, distributed in a completely
randomized design with 4 treatments, 5 repetitions each, with
8 animals as the experimental unit. The evaluated treatments
are T1 (Control; Commercial Balanced); T2, T3 and T4 (0.5, 1 and
1.5% respectively of Noni foliage flour). No statistical
differences were found in relation to the productive
parameters between the means of Tukey treatments (P≤0.05),
however in the cost-benefit relation, 0.5% of Noni foliage
presented the best value ($ 1.27), which means that for every
dollar invested, a profit of 0.27 cents was obtained, with a
profitability of 27.49% and a mortality of 2.5%. While the
control treatment obtained a value of $ 1.12; a profitability of
11.71% and a mortality of 5%.