EFFECT OF INCLUSION OF SUGAR BEET PULP IN THE DIETS ON THE PERFORMANCE OF BROILER CHICKENS | ||||
| Egyptian Poultry Science Journal | ||||
| Article 6, Volume 45, Issue 2, June 2025, Page 135-151 PDF (633.05 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/epsj.2025.437955 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| Ramadan Mohamed Emam1; hala mohamed Abdel Wahed2 | ||||
| 1Department of Poultry Production Faculty of Agriculture, Fayoum Fayoum University | ||||
| 2Animal Production Research Institute, Agriculture Research Center, Ministry of Agriculture, Dokki, Giza, Egypt. | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| The current research aimed to study the effect of adding sugar beet pulp (SBP) to the diet on Cobb broiler chickens performance. A total number of 252 unsexed five day old Cobb chicks, which were first fed the control diet from 0 to 4 days were used. The birds were banded in the wing, weighed individually in gram at 5 days, randomly distributed equally into 7 dietary treatment groups (0.0, 2.5, 5.0, 7.5, 10.0, 12.5 and 15.0% SBP), 36 birds each (3 replicates /12 birds each). Birds fed diet containing 5.0% SBP showed significantly higher value of LBW at 42 days and BWG through the period 5-42 days, but, birds fed 0.0% SBP (control diet) had lower values. With noting that all treatments were significantly higher LBW and BWG at the same ages compared to control. Cobb broiler chicks fed 0.0% SBP (control diet) showed significantly lower FI during the period 5-42 days, while, birds fed 12.5% SBP had significantly higher value, moreover, insignificant effects were noticed in FCR, CPC and CCR over the period from 5 to 42 days. Birds fed 5% SBP had higher GR over the period from 5 to 42 days (differences in GR between birds fed 5.0, 7.5, 10.0, 12.5 and 15.0% SBP were not significant). Blood parameters% were insignificantly affected except, mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration%. Insignificant effects were noticed in slaughter parameters%, except, gizzard%. Birds fed 10.0% SBP had higher gizzard%, but, those fed 0.0% SBP had the lower value. The mortality rate was 2.78% in chicks fed control diet or 2.5% SBP, but, it was 0.0% in the other groups during the total period. Economical and relative efficiency values improved over the total period in birds fed all experimental diets except those fed 2.5% SBP, as compared to birds fed a control diet. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Sugar beet pulp; blood parameters; broiler performance; diet | ||||
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