Open AccessAN EVALUATION OF RAW AND COOKED WHOLE SOYABEAS FOR BROILERS
Author(s) -
O. O. Tewe,
A. D. Ologhobo
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
nigerian journal of animal production
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0331-2062
DOI - 10.51791/njap.v13i.2402
Subject(s) - broiler , meal , feed conversion ratio , food science , fish meal , fish <actinopterygii> , biology , zoology , body weight , fishery , endocrinology
Two hunared day old broiler chicks were alloted to five treatment groups to evaluate the effect of whole soyabean and fish meal supplementation on productivity of the experimental birds. Feed consumption and weight gains were similar on diets 1 -and 3, while feed efficiency and protein efficiency ratio were better (P<0.05) on the cooked soyabean diet 3 as compared to the groundnut cake based (control) ration. Fish meal supplementation also unproved performance. The raw soyabean diet gave the poorest performance Metabolizable energy was bigher (P < 0.05) on cooked soyabean (diet 3) than the groundnut cake based ration. Carcass characteristics, were similar on the control and cooked soyabean based rations when supplemented with fish meal. The cost of feed per kg. live weight gained was least on cooked soyabean and highest on raw soyabean based rations.