Growth Performance and Economics of Production of broiler chickens fed Agro Industrial by-products
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Agriculture and Veterinary Science (IOSR-JAVS) - Year 2018, Vol 11, Issue 10
Abstract
An experiment was conducted to evaluate the growth performance and economics of broiler chickens fed diets containing different agro industrial by-products. Five diets containing wheat offal, millet offal, sorghum offal, rice offal and maize offal were formulated and coded diet 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 respectively. 500 day old Anak 2000 broiler chicks were randomly allotted to five dietary treatments in a completely randomized design and each treatment was replicated five times. Feed and water were provided ad libitum and the feeding trial lasted for eight weeks. At the starter phase, daily feed intake (62.46-67.17 g; P<0.001), daily weight gain (22.16-25.23 g; P<0.05) and feed conversion ratio (2.49-3.02; P<0.001) were affected by dietary treatment. At the finisher phase daily weight gain (141.21-145.26 g) was significantly (P<0.05) influenced while daily weight gain and feed conversion did not differ significantly. The best feed cost in naira per kilogram body gain was obtained on diet 5 (Maize offal) with a value of ₦175.22 kg-1 . It can be concluded that that maize offal, sorghum offal, rice offal and millet offal are suitable substitutes for wheat offal in the diet of broiler chickens without compromising performance attributes. However, maize offal is more economical as fibre source.
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Ajighjigh D. T, Mahmud M. , Waziri, D
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