Juan S. Daquioag
Cagayan State University, Philippines
Title: Growth performance of broilers raised under mango plantation fed different levels of crude protein
Biography
Biography: Juan S. Daquioag
Abstract
The study was conductedtodetermine the growth performance and carcass quality of broilers raised under mango plantation fed different levels of crude protein. One hundred fifty two-week old commercial broilers white strain (Cobb 500) were used and distributed equally to the following treatments: T1- 21%CP, T2- 20%CP, T3-19%CP, T4- 18%CP (Control) and T5- 17%CP. These were laid out in completely randomized design with three replications. The birds were fed in restriction for a period of five weeks. Feeds were withdrawn from the birds daily when they are in range, 3 hours in the morning and 3 hours in the afternoon. Results showed that T3 significantly differed with T4 and T5 but not with T1 and T2 with afeed conversion ratio of 2.0.T1 obtained the lowest percentage abdominal fat deposition with 0.74. In terms of profitability, T3 had the best return above feed cost with P178.01 income per chicken. This study revealed that feeding the ranged broilers with 19% CP resulted in better feed efficiency, and income, while 21% CP obtained the least fat deposition.