Growth performance and Carcass Characteristics of broiler Chickens fed Graded levels of differently processed Rubber Seed Meal based Diets

Abstract

High cost of conventional feed ingredients has force many poultry farms to ford-up therefore call more researches in the use alternative feedstuffs which rubber seed meal is one. This experiment was therefore carried out to evaluate the growth performance and carcass characteristics of broiler chickens fed processed rubber seed meal (RSM) based diets in a six weeks straight feeding trial in completely randomized design with two by four factorial arrangement i.e. two processing methods (roasted rubber seed meal and` Hot water soaked sample and four equi-protein replacement of soybean meal levels (0, 15, 25 and 35% levels). The results revealed that the final weight (2150.00-2243.07g), weight gained (2106.00-2213.60g), daily weight gained (50.14-52.01g) average feed intake (101.89 -108.46), average feed consumed (4177.67- 4447.00g) and feed conversion ratio (1.91-2.10) were not significantly (p ≥ 0.05) affected by dietary treatments. The dressed and eviscerated weights of broilers fed HRSM based treatment were significantly (p ≤ 0.05) higher than those that fed RRSM based treatment. Level interaction, treatment contrast and treatment and level interactions did not showed any significant (p ≥ 0.05) variation in all parameters measured suggesting rubber seed meal as suitable replacement of soybean meal in broilers chickens ration.