Effect of Using Grape Seeds on Productive Performance and Nutrients Utilization for Broiler Chicks during Fattening Period | ||
Journal of Animal and Poultry Production | ||
Article 1, Volume 10, Issue 2, February 2019, Pages 29-34 PDF (389.85 K) | ||
Document Type: Original Article | ||
DOI: 10.21608/jappmu.2019.40304 | ||
Authors | ||
T. H. Tag El-Din1; A. L. Awad2; A. A. Sherief2 | ||
1Poultry Production Dept., Fac. of Agric., Damietta Univ | ||
2Anim. Prod. Res. Inst., Agric. Res. Centre, Egypt | ||
Abstract | ||
A total of 216 day old broiler chicks (Arbor Acers) were weighed and distributed into equal 4 experimental groups of three replicates for each to explore the effect of dietary grape seeds (0, 0.5, 1.0 and 1.5%) addition on growth parameters, nutrients utilization and carcass characteristics as well as economic efficiency during fattening period (1-35 days of age). The results indicated that live body weight, body weight gain , feed conversion ratio and production index traits significantly (P≤0.05) improved for chicks fed diet contained 1.0% grape seeds (GS), while these parameters recorded non-significant improvement by 0.50 and 1.5%GS levels compared with chicks fed the control diet during the entire experimental period (0-35 days of age). Using GS in broilers diet recorded non-significant improvement for nutrients digestibility than the control except for fiber digestibility which was significantly improved. Feeding value improved (P>0.05) for chicks by dietary grape seeds addition. Total edible parts (%) insignificantly elevated by feeding different GS diets than the control. Chicks fed 1.0% GS diet recorded the best economic efficiency compared with the control at the entire experimental period. Therefore, it might be concluded that feeding diet contained 1.00% GS for broiler chicks might be used to improve growth performance and nutrients utilization as well as economic efficiency during the fattening period. | ||
Keywords | ||
Broilers; grape seeds; Growth; nutrient digestibility; carcass traits) | ||
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