Effect Of Feeding Germinated Millet On Performance And Serum Total Lipids Of Broiler Chicks
Effect Of Feeding Germinated Millet On Performance And Serum Total Lipids Of Broiler Chicks
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Date
2015-04-02
Authors
Abd Allah, Mohammed
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UOFK
Abstract
Pearl millet Kordofani cultivar was used in this experiment to
determine some compositional changes and nutritive value of malted
millet grains. Millet was steeped in water for (24hrs) and sprouted for (0,
24 and 48hrs) respectively. Sprouted samples were dried and ground and
an experiment was then conducted to investigate the effect of sprouting
pearl millet Kordofani cultivar on proximate analysis, protein
fractionations, broiler chicks performance and lipid level in liver and
blood. Proximate analysis results revealed that dry matter, crude protein,
crude fiber, ether extract and ash content percentages increased as the
sprouting time increased.
Results showed an increase in albumin, globulin and gluten
percentages and a decrease in prolamin. Isocaloric and isonirtogenous
diets based on sprouted pearl millet cultivar (24 and 48hrs) were
formulated. Diets were fed to 150 commercial broiler chicks (Ross) in an
open-sided poultry house equipped with pen raised above the floor for
duration of six weeks. Each diet was fed to 50 birds (10 birds/replicates),
and each treatment had five replicates.
Feeding sprouted millet diet for 24hrs reduced feed intake, weight
gain, feed conversion ratio (F.C.R.) and lipid content in liver and blood
where as feeding sprouted millet for 48hrs improved the some
parameters. It can be inferred from these results that sprouting caused
some compositional changes of beneficial effects at certain levels, and
sprouting for 48hrs improve broiler performance