Performance and Economic Approach to Broiler Finisher for Sustainable Poultry Venture
Danwe, A.B. and Finlak, E.A.
Department of Animal Production, College of Agriculture Jalingo Taraba State, Nigeria
E-mail: augustinedanwe@gmail.com
ABSTRACT
The
research was conducted to reveal the performance and economic approach to
broiler chickens fed agro-by product incorporated into conventional diet of
broiler finisher. The trial was performed with one hundred and twenty (120)
Anak 2000 broiler chickens of four (4) weeks old. The birds were allocated to
four (4) dietary treatments, with five (5) replicates of six (6) birds per each
replicate in a completely randomized design type of equipment. Diets T1,
T2, T3, and T4 contained 0%, 20%, 40% and 60%
Bambara nut shell meal (Vigna
Subterranean) respectively. The experiment lasted for five (5) weeks. The
performance results such as average daily body weight gain, average final body
weight gain, average daily feed intake and feed conversion ratio were
significant (P<0.01) and (P<0.05) respectively in ascending order. The
result of economic of production was best in treatments T4 and T3
with cost savings of N103.66k/kg and N79.26k/kg respectively, and poorest in
treatments T1, and T2, with cost savings of N0.00k/kg and N40.07k/kg. Birds performed well on diets T3 and T4
with the best cost savings as compared to diet T1 (control).