Open AccessCARCASS CHARACTERISTICS OF BROILERS FED PERIWINKLE FLESH AND PALM KERNEL CAKE
Author(s) -
B. Okon,
B. K. Ogunmodede
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
nigerian journal of animal production
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0331-2062
DOI - 10.51791/njap.v23i1.2029
Subject(s) - flesh , palm kernel , broiler , biology , abdominal fat , food science , fish meal , zoology , fish <actinopterygii> , body weight , palm oil , fishery , endocrinology
Feeding 180 hyperco broiler chicks varying levels of palm kernel cake (PKC), fishmeal and periwinkle flesh, showed that 25% PKC fed along with either 2% fishmeal or 6% periwinkle flesh significantly (P<0.05) improved carcass traits while the experimental feeds had no significant effect on the abdominal fat pad level, but the birds had smaller heads and intestines.