Evaluation of different levels of raw and alkali-treated palm pulp on performance of broiler chicken
Keywords:
Broiler chicken;Palm pulp;Alkali-treatedAbstract
This experiment was conducted to evaluate the effects ofdifferent levels of raw andalkali-tretead of palm pulp (PP) on broilers perfomance. In this experment 280male broiler chicks were allocated in 7 treatment and 4 replication pertreatment. Experimental diets included in corn-soybean diet (control) and 3, 6and 9% of raw and alkali-treated of PP. Body weight, feed conversion ratio (FCR) andfeed intake were measured at 8, 21 and 42 days of age. Results 8-42 days of ageshowed that, there were significant differences between treatments in generalterms of feed intake, daily weight gain and FCR (P<0.05). The highest feedintake was observed for 9% raw PP diet and the lowest was for control diet. Aswell as, the highest daily weight gain was observed for control diet and thelowest was for diet contaning 9% alkali-tratd PP. There was signifcantdiffrences with diets containing PP (p<0.05) and control diet on FCR. Amongtratments contaning PP, diets containing 3% raw and 3 and 6% alkali-trated PPhave FCR similar to the control diet. The result of this study indicated that,up to 3% raw and up to 6% alkali-treated PP can be used in broiler dites withoutnegative effect on performance.References
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