CARCASS EVALUATION OF BROILERS FED ON DECORTICATED FERMENTED PROSOPIS AFRICANA G. SEED MEAL
Nuhu Danlami Yusuf, Danlami Moses Ogah, Danladi Idris Hassan, Mohammed Makama Musa, Maikano Mohammed Ari, Umar Dass Doma
Animal Production Programme, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, P.M.B. 0248, Bauchi, Bauchi State
nyusufdanlami@yahoo.com
The study was conducted to determine the carcass characteristics of broiler birds fed on prosopis seed meal. Two hundred and forty day-old Anak 2000 broiler chicks were used for the trial. Five experimental diets containing 0, 25, 50, 75 and 100% DFPSM were fed to broilers for 8 weeks. The experiments were in a completely randomized design (CRD) with five treatments, each replicated four times with 48 birds per treatment and 12 birds per replication.The parameters measured were live weight, plucked and dressed weight and internal organs. The average live weight of broilers ranged from 2.50 to 2.85 kg in each dietary group and were significantly (P<0.05) affected by dietary treatment, the dressing percent and the carcass weight were similar across the dietary treatments (P<0.05) also the percent of cut- up part, internal organ weights were not affected by the dietary treatment (P>0.05) except lungs and kidney that were significantly affected (P<0.05). The result indicated that DFPSM could completely (100%) replace soyabean in the diet of birds with out depression of performance and carcass yield.
Keywords: prosopis; decortication; fermentation; carcass; broiler
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