GROWTH PERFORMANCE OF BROILER CHICKENS FED DIETS CONTAINING GRADED LEVELS OF BREWER’S DRIED GRAIN

Résumé

This study investigated the growth performance of broiler chickens fed diets containing graded levels of Brewer’s Dried Grain (BDG). One hundred and fifty 2 weeks old Arbor acre breeds of broiler chickens were divided into 5 groups (treatments) of 30 birds. Each group was further divided into 3 replicates of 10 birds in a completely Randomized Design. The 5 groups of birds after 2 weeks of brooding on commercial broiler starter diets were allotted to 5 different formulated diets containing 0 (control), 10, 20, 30 and 40% levels of inclusion of (BDG). The birds were fed the experimental diets for 6 weeks (42) days. Average total feed intake (5120.00, 5343.33, 5366.67, 5386.67, 5400.00) average total weight grain (2283.33, 2143.33, 2076.67, 1546.67, 1303.33), average final live weights 2546.67, 2430.00, 2386.67, 1850.00, 1603.33g) feed conversion ratio (2.25, 2.51, 2.67, 3.49, 4.14) and feed cost per kg gain (N 300.23, 288.70, 334.48, 427.13, 491.32) were significantly different (P<0.05) between treatment groups. Growth performance parameters decreased with increasing levels of BDG inclusion. It was concluded that inclusion of BDG should not exceed 30 % in broiler diets for cost effective feeding