Abstract:
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One hundred and twenty eight broiler chicks were used to evaluate the effect of dietary leve
l
chickpea
seeds, on performance and some blood parameters of broilers. Four iso caloric and is
o
nitrog
enous
Experimental diets containing 0%, 5%, 10% and 15% raw chickpea seeds were formulated
t
o
meet
th
e nutrients requirements as outlined by NRC (1994). Experiment was in a Completely Randomiz
e
(CRD) comprised broiler chick diet. Each
treatment was replicated four times with 8 birds/replicate. The study
lasted for 45 days. Param
eters measured were feed intake, body weight gain, Feed Conversion Ratio (FCR),
pre-slaughter
weight, dressing percentage, protein efficiency, some blood parameters
(glucose, cholesterol,
triglyceride,
total protein, calcium and phosphorus) and profitability. Results revealed that treatment had n
o
sign
ificant
effect in feed intake and blood serum parameters. Birds fed 10% and 15% of chickpea showe
d
si
milar
performance to control significant (p<0.05) on body weight gain Feed Conversion Ratio (FCR), pre
-
slau
ghter
weight, dressing percentage, protein efficiency, However, birds fed on 5% level is significantl
y
(p<0.05) lower on weight gain, carca
ss weight and Feed Conversion Ratio (FCR), bird fed 10%level chickpea
has better effect on net profit |