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This study was conducted to evaluate the performance and carcass parameters of broiler birds administered water from four different sources: rain (Treatment 1; T1), borehole (Treatment 2; T2), pipe-borne (Treatment 3; T3), and river (Treatment 4; T4), lasted for eight weeks, and consisted of two hundred and forty broiler birds; randomly divided into the four treatment groups of eighty birds per treatment, and replicated three times each. Performance result of this study recorded significant (P<0.05) differences in water intake of the birds which affected weight gain. Significantly (P<0.05) higher values in final body weight (T1 = 2170.05 g; T2 = 2140.71 g; T3 = 2168.26 g; T4 = 2263.68 g) and total body weight gain (T1 = 1975.57 g; T2 = 1947.34 g; T3 = 1974.26 g; T4 = 2069.00 g) were recorded for birds on T4 than for those on other treatments which were similar (P>0.05). Carcass parameters indicated that significant (P<0.05) weight gain of the birds was as a result of significant (P<0.05) differences recorded mainly in breast (T1 = 477.18 g; T2 = 469.05 g; T3 = 474.77 g; T4 = 488.32 g), thighs (T1 = 496.04 g; 487.13 g; T3 = 481.81 g; T4 = 501.68 g), and intestine (T1 = 91.67 g; T2 = 84.85 g; T3 = 87.14 g; T4 = 96.73 g) weights of the birds. It could therefore be inferred from this study that different water sources affects water intake and body weight gains of broiler birds.
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