Growth performance, organs measurement and economics of production of broiler chickens fed a high shea butter cake diet supplemented with fish meal or groundnut cake.

摘要

The supplemental effect of fish meal or groundnut cake (GNC) on growth performance, organ measurements and economics of production of broiler chickens fed high shea butter cake (SBC) diets was studied for 42 days. Sixty 14-day-old broiler chicks were fed two high SBC diets containing 20% SBC supplemented with fish meal or GNC as major protein sources. Fish meal supplementation improved feed intake, body weight gain and feed conversion (P<0.05) than broilers fed 20% SBC supplemented with GNC. Therewere no significant differences in organ weights except the weight of small intestine and abdominal fat that were lower and higher (P<0.05), respectively, for broiler chickens fed the fish meal supplemented diet. 20% SBC plus fish meal gave lower feed costs/kg body weight gain than 20% SBC plus GNC. Fish meal supplementation gave higher total revenue per chicken and resulted in higher net revenue than 20% SBC plus GNC.