Blend of oil palm slurry and rice bran as feed ingredient for broiler chickens

• Published in: Animal feed science and technology Vol. 83; no. 3; pp. 185 - 193
• Main Authors: Atuahene, C.C, Donkoh, A, Ntim, I
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 06.03.2000; Elsevier
• Subjects: Animal productions; Biological and medical sciences; Chickens, Broilers; Food industries; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Growth performance; Oil palm slurry; Rice bran; Terrestrial animal productions; Use and upgrading of agricultural and food by-products. Biotechnology; Vertebrates; Oil palm slurry; Chickens, Broilers; Rice bran; Growth performance; Farming animal; Microbiological testing; Poultry; Mortality; Body weight; Nutritive value; Proximate analysis; ANIMAL PERFORMANCE; Lignocellulosics; Rice by product; Cell wall; Poultry farming; Feed conversion efficiency; Vertebrata; Palm oil; Diet; BROILER CHICKENS; Food intake; Waste reuse; Oil plant by product; Chicken; Aves; Feed
• ISSN: 0377-8401; 1873-2216
• DOI: 10.1016/S0377-8401(99)00137-6

A 6-week feeding trial was conducted to assess the effect of four types of processed oil palm slurry (OPS) using rice bran (RIB) as an absorbent, hereafter referred to as RIBROPS, to partially replace maize on the growth performance of broiler chicks. Six hundred 14-day-old commercial broiler chicks were randomly allocated to one of the five dietary treatments. The dietary treatments consisted of the control diet, which contained maize as the main energy source, and four other diets each of which contained a fixed amount of 100 g of one of the four types of RIBROPS kg −1. The experimental diets were formulated to be both isoproteic and isoenergetic. Feed and water were provided ad libitum for a period of 6 weeks. The dietary treatments did not have significant impact on feed intake ( r=−0.48), body weight gain ( r=0.42) and feed conversion efficiency ( r=−0.40). Carcass yields were similar. There were no health-related problems attributable to the dietary treatments. Mortality was unaffected by the dietary treatments.