Effect of Supplemental Microbial Protein Feed on the Broiler Growth Traits

According to United Nations the Indian population was 1.32 billion in 2016, second most populated country in the world and stipulated to be first by the year 2022. The living status of the people is increasing day by day which leads to increase in paying capacity. Among non-vegetarian food chicken is widely accepted having no religious foundation which has lead to boom in poultry industry in last 2-3 decades. Egg production has increased from 50.70 billion (2006-07) to 66.45 billion (2011-12). As per the nineteenth livestock census we are having 729.21 million poultry population. (DAHD, 2016-17). India ranks third in egg and fourth in chicken production in the world. Within last twenty five year duration the egg production has gone up to 70 billion from few millions and the broiler production has gone to 3.8 million tones from nowhere. The annual growth rate of broiler chicken production is 10-12%. The per capita egg consumption has gone up from 30 to 68 and the chicken meat from 400 gm to 2.5 kg. Recommendation for human being is 180 eggs and 10 kg chicken per year (APEDA 2016). We are lacking behind and there is International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences ISSN: 2319-7706 Volume 6 Number 9 (2017) pp. 1140-1144 Journal homepage: http://www.ijcmas.com