PERFORMANCE AND COST BENEFITS OF BROILER STARTER BIRDS FED REPLACEMENT LEVELS OF LIZARD MEAL (A CASE STUDY IN ISHIAGU, IVO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, EBONYI STATE)

Résumé

The research work was carried out to ascertain the performance and cost benefits of broiler starter birds fed replacement levels of lizard meal to fish meal at starter phase. A total number of ninety (90) day old Anak 2000 broiler chicks were used for the experiment. The birds were assigned to five treatment group of eighteen birds each been replicated thrice with six birds per replicate. Lizard meal was included to replace fish meal at levels of 0, 25, 50, 75 and 100% respectively. The completely randomized design (CRD) was used. Feed and water were given ad-libitum. Birds fed 75% inclusion levels of lizard meal (treatment 4) to replace fish meal was superior to birds in other treatments in terms of average final body weight, average daily feed intake, average weight gain and feed conversion ratio. Cost benefit analysis also showed that birds in treatment 4 (75% lizard meal inclusion) was better than the rest of the treatment group under review.