Note on the use of breadfruit meal (Artocarpus incisus) as a feed ingredient for broiler chickens

• Published in: Journal of Animal and Feed Sciences Vol. 11; no. 2
• Main Authors: Atuahene, C.C, Donkoh, A, Anang, D.M, Boateng, J. (Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi (Ghana). Dept. of Animal Science)
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 01.01.2002
• Subjects: ALIMENT POUR ANIMAUX; ALIMENTACION AD LIBITUM; ALIMENTACION DE LOS ANIMALES; ALIMENTATION A SATIETE; ALIMENTATION DES ANIMAUX; ANIMAL FEEDING; ARTOCARPUS ALTILIS; BLOOD COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; BROILER CHICKENS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMPOSICION APROXIMADA; COMPOSICION DE LA SANGRE; COMPOSICION QUIMICA; COMPOSITION CHIMIQUE; COMPOSITION DU SANG; COMPOSITION GLOBALE; DIET; DIETA; EFFICACITE CONVERSION ALIMENTAIRE; EFICIENCIA DE CONVERSION DEL PIENSO; FARINE POUR ANIMAUX; FEED CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; FEED INTAKE; FEED MEALS; FEEDS; FRUITS; FRUTAS; GAIN DE POIDS; GANANCIA DE PESO; HARINA PARA PIENSOS; INGESTION DE PIENSOS; INGREDIENT; INGREDIENTES; INGREDIENTS; METHODE STATISTIQUE; METODOS ESTADISTICOS; MORTALIDAD; MORTALITE; MORTALITY; PESO CORPORAL; PIENSOS; POIDS CORPOREL; POLLO DE ENGORDE; POULET DE CHAIR; PRISE ALIMENTAIRE (ANIMAUX); PROXIMATE COMPOSITION; REGIME ALIMENTAIRE; STATISTICAL METHODS; UNRESTRICTED FEEDING; WEIGHT GAIN
• ISSN: 1230-1388
• DOI: 10.22358/jafs/67816/2002

Breadfruit meal (BFM) (Artocarpus incisus) was evaluated as a poultry feed ingredient in a pilot study. Diets containing 0, 25, 50 and 75 BFM/kg were fed, ad libitum, to 240 day-old broiler chickens for a period of 8 weeks. Birds had free access to water. Performance criteria studied included feed intake, growth rate, efficiency of feed utilization, mortality, carcass and blood parameters. The concentration of BFM in the diet had significant negative influence on feed consumption. The level of BFM had no significant impact on carcass yield, mortality or blood parameters